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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Rules Which Govern the Interpretation and Construction of Statutory and Constitutional Law The treatise upon the Interpretation and Application of Stat utery and Constitutional Law, like that upon the Measure of°dam ages by the same author, has been, from the date of its publication, regarded as a legal classic. Based, in the main, ' upon the decisions of American courts, and discussing the principles of statutory con struction as they have been expounded and illustrated by those tribunals, it has been far more useful to the American lawyer, and has been more readily accepted as a guide and helper by American judges, than any work upon the same subject founded chiefly upon English precedents and drawing its materials from English sources. Originally published in the year 1857, the first impression was long ago exhausted, and a new edition has long been demanded. This want is now supplied, and a new edition is offered to the profession. It is proper for the editor to explain its plan, and the nature and scope of the additions which he has made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Commentaries on the Written Laws and Their Interpretation While this book is written to be consulted, it is meant also to be read. There is no other legal subject whereon a book which shall be read is so much needed. And the one here presented is of dimensions so small - the mas tery of its contents is so completely within the hours avail able to the busiest practitioner or judge - that I venture the hope of finding for it readers of these classes. To the younger practitioner, and to the student, it, if found wor thy, will, let me add the further hope, make plainer and smoother a path trodden every day by every person whose avocations are legal. It may be cited by its title, or, if preferred, by the name of the larger volume whereof it constitutes a part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A General Treatise on Statutes: Their Rules of Construction, and the Proper Boundaries of Legislation and of Judicial Interpretation In the full belief, that the republication Of the work of a standard author, will contribute to the diffusion of knowledge, and to public good; and in the hope that the other topics discussed, may con tribute something to the same end, and, that even fair criticism, may discover in the work, sufficient of practical utility to justify its publication, is the ardent wish of the author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Handbook on the Construction and Interpretation of the Laws The following pages contain a condensed statement and ex position of the accepted rules for the construction and inter pretation of the written laws, whether constitutional or stat utory. In accordance with the general plan of the Hornbook Series, these rules have been formulated somewhat after the manner of a code, expressed in brief black - letter paragraphs numbered consecutively throughout the book, and explained, developed, and illustrated in the subsidiary text. The cases cited in the original edition of this work were considered sufficient in number and variety to explain and enforce the doctrines set forth, attention being'given to the more important and leading authorities and to those which had furnished the most forcible or striking illustrations of the application of the rules of construction in actual practice. But in view of the great and growing body of decisions upon this highly important subject, it has been deemed advisable, in the present edition, very largely to increase the number of citations. Practically [all of the reported cases dealing with the general subject or any of its subdivisions, decided within the fifteen years which have elapsed since the first publica tion of the book, have been collected by the author and cited in their proper connections. These additions have also te sulted in a complete and thorough revision of the entire work. Many parts of it have been greatly expanded and some'wholly rewritten. Some changeshave also been made in the arrange ment of the several parts or sections of the book, for the sake of what now appears to the writer a more logical and orderly system of classification. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Statute Law Making in the United States Bentham, Jeremy. Theory of Legislation. 2 vols. Boston, 1840. Bentham, Jeremy. Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London. 1823. Binney, Charles Chauncey. Restrictions upon Local and Special Legislation in State Constitutions. Philadelphia. 1894. Bishop, Joel Prentiss. Commentaries on the Written Laws and their Interpretation. Boston. 1882. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century The author's main Object has been to study the methods and the principles of interpreting legislation which were evolved by the common law courts during the Edwardian reigns. The justices Interpreted the enacted law of earlier reigns; but they were called upon to devote special attention to the statutes of their own time, more particularly those of Edward I. Some Of the judges, as the king's counsellors, had taken part in the drafting of statutes which they later interpreted. This is one particular reason why their interpretation now illumines for us the meaning and Scope of the acts and the relation of the acts to the unwritten common law. The maxim of the law, contem poranea exposz'tz'o est fortissz'ma in lege, has significance for the historian as well as for the lawyer. Especially in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, when the judges are 0103e identified with the council and the parliament, con temporary interpretation is a priceless key to the statutory law. His use of this key forms one of Mr Plucknett's main contribu tions to the history of his subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.