Purposive interpretation in law:
This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--pu...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--purposive interpretation--allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences. Moreover, regardless of whether purposive interpretation amounts to a unifying theory, it would still be superior to other methods of interpretation in tackling each kind of text separately. Barak explains purposive interpretation as follows: All legal interpretation must start by establishing a range of semantic meanings for a given text, from which the legal meaning is then drawn. In purposive interpretation, the text's "purpose" is the criterion for establishing which of the semantic meanings yields the legal meaning. Establishing the ultimate purpose--and thus the legal meaning--depends on the relationship between the subjective and objective purposes; that is, between the original intent of the text's author and the intent of a reasonable author and of the legal system at the time of interpretation. This is easy to establish when the subjective and objective purposes coincide. But when they don't, the relative weight given to each purpose depends on the nature of the text. For example, subjective purpose is given substantial weight in interpreting a will; objective purpose, in interpreting a constitution Barak develops this theory with masterful scholarship and close attention to its practical application. Throughout, he contrasts his approach with that of textualists and neotextualists such as Antonin Scalia, pragmatists such as Richard Posner, and legal philosophers such as Ronald Dworkin. This book represents a profoundly important contribution to legal scholarship and a major alternative to interpretive approaches advanced by other leading figures in the judicial world |
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| adam_text | Contents
Introduction
xi
PART ONE INTERPRETATION
1
Chapter One
What Is Legal Interpretation?
3
1.
Definition of Legal Interpretation
3
2.
The Limits of Interpretation
16
3.
Basic Problems in Interpretation
26
4.
Systems of Interpretation in Law
30
5.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Interpretive Rules
38
6.
Tlie
Status and Sources of Interpretive Rules
47
7.
Laws of Interpretation, Jurisprudence,
and General Hermeneutics
54
Chapter Two
Non-Interpretive Doctrines
61
1.
Tlie
Essence of Non-Interpretive Doctrines
61
2.
Filling in a Gap in a Legal Text
66
3.
Resolving Contradictions Normatively
74
4.
Correcting Mistakes in the Language of a Text
77
5.
Deviating from the Language of the Text to Avoid Absurdity
80
6.
Су
Pres
Performance
80
7.
From Interpretive Theory to Purposive Interpretation
82
PART TWO PURTOSIVE INTERPRETATION
83
Chapter Three
The Essence of Purposive Interpretation
85
1.
Purposive Interpretation : Terminology
85
2.
Fundamentals of Purposive Interpretation
88
Chapter Four
The Semantic Component of Purposive Interpretation
97
1.
Interpretive Theory and Semantic Tiieory
97
2.
Types of Language
103
3.
Canons of Interpretation
107
viii CONTENTS
Chapter Five
The Purposive Component of Purposive Interpretation
110
1.
The Essence of Purpose
110
2.
Multiple Purposes
113
Chapter Six
Subjective Purpose: Authorial Intent
120
1.
The Essence of Subjective Purpose
120
2.
Abstract Purpose and Concrete Purpose
126
3.
Subjective Purpose and the Problem of Multiple Authors
129
4.
Sources of Subjective Purpose
135
5.
Subjective Purpose as a Presumption about the Text s Purpose
145
Chapter Seven
Objective Purpose: Intent of the Reasonable Author;
Intent of the System
148
1.
The Essence of Objective Purpose
148
2.
Sources of Objective Purpose: Internal and External
157
3.
Presumptions of Objective Purpose
170
4.
Contradictions between Purposive Presumptions
176
Chapter Eight
The Purposive Component: Ultimate Purpose
182
1.
The Weight of Subjective and Objective Purpose
in Determining Ultimate Purpose
182
2.
Type of Text: Will, Contract, Statute, and Constitution
185
3.
Type of Text: The Effect of a Text s Age
on Its Ultimate Purpose
191
4.
Type of Text: Distinguishing Texts by Scope of Issues Regulated
193
5.
Type of Text: Changes in Regime Character and Society s
Fundamental Assumptions
195
6.
Type of Text: Texts Based on Rules and Texts Based
on Standards
197
7.
Type of Text: Content of the Provision
200
8.
The Effect of Type of Text on Ultimate Purpose
203
9.
Formulating Ultimate Purpose
205
Chapter Nine
Discretion as a Component in Purposive Interpretation
207
1.
The Essence of Judicial Discretion
207
2.
Situations of Judicial Discretion
214
CONTENTS
IX
Chapter Ten
The Theoretical Basis for Purposive Interpretation
218
1.
The Need to Justify a System of Interpretation
218
2.
Social Support for Purposive Interpretation
221
3.
Jurisprudential Support for Purposive Interpretation
224
4.
Hermeneutic Considerations in Favor
of Purposive Interpretation
230
5.
Constitutional Considerations in Favor
of Purposive Interpretation
233
Chapter Eleven
Purposive Interpretation and Its Critique of Other
260
Systems of Interpretation
1.
Purposive Interpretation and Subjective Systems
of Interpretation
260
2.
Purposive Interpretation and Objective Systems
of Interpretation: Textualism, Old and New
269
3.
Purposive Interpretation and Pragmatism
286
4.
Purposive Interpretation and Dworkin s System
of Interpretation
290
5.
Purposive Interpretation and Free Interpretation
297
6.
Critique of Purposive Interpretation and Some Responses
301
PART THREE INTERPRETATION IN LAW
305
Chapter Twelve
The Interpretation of Wills
307
1.
The Uniqueness of a Will and How It Affects Interpretation
307
2.
The Language of a Will
309
3.
Пе
Purpose of a Will
309
Chapter Thirteen
The Interpretation of Contracts
318
1.
The Uniqueness of a Contract and How It
Affects In terpretation
318
2.
Contract Theory and Contractual Interpretation
321
3.
The Purpose of a Contract
325
4.
The Subjective Purpose of a Contract
326
5.
Sources of Subjective Purpose
329
6.
The Objective Purpose of a Contract
332
X
CONTENTS
7.
Presumptions for Identifying Objective Purpose
334
8.
The Ultimate Purpose of a Contract
336
Chapter Fourteen
Statutory Interpretation
339
1.
The Uniqueness of a Statute and How
It Affects Interpretation
339
2.
The Subjective Purpose of a Statute
341
3.
Subjective Purpose Learned from the Language of a Statute
342
4.
Subjective Purpose Learned from Sources External
to the Statute: Legislative History
344
5.
The Objective Purpose of a Statute
350
6.
Sources of Objective Purpose
352
7.
Presumptions of Objective Purpose
358
8.
The Ultimate Purpose of a Statute
363
Chapter Fifteen
Constitutional Interpretation
370
1.
Ћ)е
Uniqueness of a Constitution and How It
Affects Interpretation
370
2.
The Language of a Constitution
372
3.
The Subjective Purpose of a Constitution
375
4.
Ђк
Objective Purpose of a Constitution
377
5.
Sources of Objective Purpose
377
6.
The Ultimate Purpose of a Constitution
384
Appendix
1
The Structure of Legal Interpretation
395
Appendix
2
Purposive Interpretation
396
Appendix
3
Weighting Subjective and
Obßctive
Purposes
397
Index
399
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