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英国民商法2013年12月精要.pdf

    FundamentalsLevel–SkillsModule,PaperF4(ENG)

    CorporateandBusinessLaw(English)December2013Answers

    1(a)Statutoryinterpretation

    Inordertoapplyanypieceoflegislation,judgeshavetodetermineitsmeaning.Inotherwords,theyarerequiredtointerpret

    thestatutebeforetheminordertogiveitmeaning.Thedifficulty,however,isthatthewordsinstatutesdonotspeakfor

    themselvesandinterpretationisanactiveprocess,andatleastpotentiallyasubjectiveonedependingonthesituationofthe

    whoisdoingtheinterpreting.

    Judgeshaveconsiderablepowerindecidingtheactualmeaningofstatutes,especiallywhentheyareabletodeployanumberof

    competing,nottosaycontradictory,mechanismsfordecidingthemeaningofthestatutebeforethem.Thereare,essentially,two

    contrastingviewsastohowjudgesshouldgoaboutdeterminingthemeaningofastatute–therestrictive,literalapproachand

    themorepermissive,purposiveapproach.

    (b)Theliteralapproach

    TheliteralapproachisdominantintheEnglishlegalsystem,althoughitisnotwithoutcritics,anddevicesdoexistfor

    circumventingitwhenitisseenastoorestrictive.Thisviewofjudicialinterpretationholdsthatthejudgeshouldlookprimarily

    tothewordsofthelegislationinordertoconstrueitsmeaningand,exceptintheverylimitedcircumstancesconsideredbelow,

    shouldnotlookoutsideof,orbehind,thelegislationinanattempttofinditsmeaning.

    Withinthecontextoftheliteralapproachtherearetwodistinctru:

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