Topic
Statutory Interpretation
508 published works
UK Human Rights Blog
“Pardonable in the Heat of Crisis – building a solid foundation for action”
In a paper published today Lord Sandhurst QC and Benet Brandret QC follow up on the previous paper co-authored by Lord Sandhurst QC by making concrete proposals for addressing the…
Briefly: The Law Blog
Konstitusiya Məhkəməsi etibarsızlığın mübahisələndirilməsi haqqında
Ötən ay Konstitusiya Məhkəməsi bir fərdi şikayət üzrə Ali Məhkəmənin 31 may 2019-cu il tarixli qərarının Konstitusiya və qanunlara uyğun olmaması barədə... The post Konstitusiya Məhkəməsi etibarsızlığın mübahisələndirilməsi haqqında appeared…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Notes & Trends – April 2020
By Minnesota State Bar Association
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDICIAL LAW • Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act; rule clarification. The Minnesota Supreme Court has held that a 2013 amendment to section 14.63 of the Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act (MAPA)…
CAP·impact
General vs. Special Statutes
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/general-vs-special-statutes Most capitol observers don't often come across bills that delineate between general or special statutes. What’s the difference? A general statute is essentially a law that pertains uniformly to…
Ziff Blog
The Supreme Court at UW Law: Gerlach v. The Cove Apartments (Preview Part 3)
By David Ziff
I’m publishing this last one just under the wire. On Thursday of this week the Washington Supreme Court will be visiting the UW School of Law to hear arguments on…
Mo-Kan Construction Law
Technicalities and Tautologies: Interpreting Construction Statutes in Kansas
By Lee Brumitt
We’ve all heard it: “They got out on a technicality.” A recent case out of the Kansas Court of Appeals reminds us that what may look like a technicality is,…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 27 – JANUARY 31, 2020)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Criminal Decisions Good evening. Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Five Secrets To Harness The Power of Rules in Your Legal Writing
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.” ― The Dalai LamaPick up the average brief and skim through it. Good chance that one section will stand out as extra…
Inside Jobs
Corpus Linguistics and ERISA Litigation
By Inside Jobs
On July 10, 2019, the Sixth Circuit considered vexing questions of statutory interpretation in an ERISA case. A dispute over whether a transaction bonus plan was an ERISA employee pension…
PrawfsBlawg
Qualified Immunity and Stare Decisis
Main Friday, September 27, 2019Qualified Immunity and Stare DecisisRecently, a lot of terrific scholarship has attacked qualified immunity as unsound both as a legal and as a policy matter. I…