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008			080125r20081896nju b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2008003800
020			_a9781584778851
040			_cLibrary of Congress
082	0	0	_a348.73 _222
100	1		_aBlack, Henry Campbell, _d1860-1927.
245	1	0	_aHandbook on the construction and interpretation of the laws, with a chapter on the interpretation of judicial decisions and the doctrine of precedents / _cby Henry Campbell Black.
260			_aClark, NJ : _bLawbook Exchange, _c2008.
300			_ax, 499 p. ; _c26 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: St. Paul, Minn., West Pub. Co., 1896.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aNature and office of interpretation -- Construction of constitutions -- General principles of statutory construction -- Statutory construction : presumptions -- Statutory construction : words and phrases -- Intrinsic aids in statutory construction -- Extrinsic aids in statutory construction -- Interpretation with reference to common law -- Retrospective interpretation -- Construction of provisos, exceptions, and saving clauses -- Strict and liberal construction -- Mandatory and directory provisions -- Amendatory and amended acts -- Construction of codes and revised statutes -- Declaratory statutes -- The rule of stare decisis as applied to statutory construction -- Interpretation of judicial decisions and the doctrine of precedents.
650		0	_aLaw _xInterpretation and construction.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008003800.html
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