International Law in the U. S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change
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Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules
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The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law (see Part II: The Interpretation of Legal Texts -- Linguistic Issues in Statutory Interpretation)
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The Supreme Court's Federal Tax Jurisprudence: An Analysis of Fact Finding Methods and Statutory Interpretation from the Court's Tax Opinions, 1801-Present
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What Good Is Legislative History? Justice Scalia in the Federal Courts of Appeals
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Statutory interpretation (also called statutory construction) is the act of interpreting a statute particularly when the text of the statute seems contradictory or ambiguous. There are numerous principles or "canons" that have been developed by the courts and applied to the interpretation of individual statutes.
See the CALI tutorial on Statutory Interpretation (available to Villanova students and faculty--email Lori Corso for access) for more information.
A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation
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Dynamic Statutory Interpretation
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Elements of Law
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Examples and Explanations for Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and Election Law
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Interpreting Law: A Primer on How to Read Statutes and the Constitution
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The Language of Statutes: Laws and Their Interpretation
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Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy
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Statutes in Court: The History and Theory of Statutory Interpretation
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Statutory Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation
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Statutory Interpretation: The Search for Legislative Intent
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The Theory and Practice of Statutory Interpretation
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Thinking about Statutes: Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement
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