International Law in the U. S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change by 
Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules by 
The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law (see Part II: The Interpretation of Legal Texts -- Linguistic Issues in Statutory Interpretation) by 
The Supreme Court's Federal Tax Jurisprudence: An Analysis of Fact Finding Methods and Statutory Interpretation from the Court's Tax Opinions, 1801-Present by 
What Good Is Legislative History? Justice Scalia in the Federal Courts of Appeals by 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 by 
Dynamic Statutory Interpretation by 
Elements of Law by 
Examples and Explanations for Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and Election Law by 
Interpreting Law: A Primer on How to Read Statutes and the Constitution by 
The Language of Statutes: Laws and Their Interpretation by 
Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy by 
Statutes in Court: The History and Theory of Statutory Interpretation by 
Statutory Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation by 
Statutory Interpretation: The Search for Legislative Intent by 
The Theory and Practice of Statutory Interpretation by 
Thinking about Statutes: Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement by 