Topic
Statutory Interpretation
505 published works
Jotwell
Two Ways to Be Bound
By Brandon Duke
Formalism has won. Textualism is now the Supreme Court’s dominant language of statutory interpretation, and originalism is its main vocabulary of constitutional interpretation. Yet victory has produced strange discontent. In…
California Appellate Report
Shi v. City of Palos Verdes (Cal. Ct. App. – Oct. 23, 2026)
By Shaun Martin
It seems to me that Justice Daum reaches the right result here. There's a California statute that says that cities have a ministerial duty to approve applications within (generally) 60…
SCC Blog
The Albatross Finally Laid to Rest? Tracing the Journey of the Word “Industry” under Indian Labour Law A Study of State of U.P. v. Jai Bir Singh
This article traces the Supreme Court’s decision in State of U.P. v. Jai Bir Singh, examining the evolution of “industry” under the Industrial Disputes Act and its implications under the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Third District Court Rejects OLC’s Interpretation of CFPB Funding Statute
Judge Aiken Holds That “Combined Earnings” Means Federal Reserve Revenue, Not Profit In a September 25, 2026, decision, Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Law Web
Supreme Court: Amendment in S 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, which came into effect on 22nd May, 2018, would relate to an accident which had occurred prior to the said date
By Law Web
The short point for consideration before this Court is whether the amendment in Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which came into effect by a Gazette Notification on…
Legal Bites
Power to Postpone Municipal Meeting Cannot Defeat Statutory Mandate: Bombay High Court
By Apurva Neel
The exercise of a statutory power cannot be sustained where it operates to frustrate the very mandate which the law requires to be fulfilled. In Rajesh Vadhrya & Anr. v.…
C | M | Law Library Blog
Find Relevant Ohio Caselaw Quickly Using the Annotated ORC
Say you are asked to find cases about when a driver’s license in Ohio can be permanently revoked. You know that the Ohio statute on license suspension is ORC 4507.16,…
Jotwell
Ambiguity and Judicial Power on the Roberts Court
Abbe R. Gluck, The End of Ambiguity (in Statutory Interpretation), 76 Duke L.J. __ (forthcoming 2026)(available at SSRN).Ambiguity has long played a central role in statutory interpretation—serving as the trigger…
UK Constitutional Law Association | The Blog
Dane Luo: The Protection of “Purported Determinations” in the New Generation of Ouster Clauses
By UKCLA
Recently enacted clauses expressly include define a “determination” to include a “purported determination” or state that a court may not question a “determination or purported determination”. It is obvious what…
Law Web
Bombay HC: Delayed Birth Registration Beyond One Year Can Only Be Ordered By Judicial Magistrate First Class, not executive magistrate
By Law Web
Therefore, in the considered opinion of this Court, the Rules of 1999 framed in exercise of powers conferred under section 30 of Act of 1969 cannot go beyond what is…