Literal Interpretation in UK Law
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Artificial persons and attributed actions: How to interpret action-sentences about states
Action-sentences about states, such as ‘North Korea conducted a nuclear test’, are ubiquitous in discourse about international relations. Although there has been a great deal of debate in Internati...... ... about individuals, as proponents of the metaphorical interpretation suggest. Nor do they describe the actions of singular agents, as ts of the literal interpretation suggest. The central argument is that action-sentences ... ...
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The Multiple Definitions of Harassment and Direct Discrimination: A ‘Pandora's Attic’?
It has been received wisdom for some time that some statutory definitions of harassment and discrimination embrace treatment on the ground of a third party's race, or sex, etc, and ‘perceived’ disc...... ... the cases are decided more on policy and purpose than literal interpretation of these formulas. MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS OF ... ...
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Out of Darkness, Light
Most scholarly interpretations of Hannah Arendt's political writings account for her idiosyncratic understanding of politics and freedom in one of two ways. They interpret Arendt's more sensational...... ... This essay proposes a new interpretation of Arendt’s political writings based on a neglected, dichotomous pattern ... Neither a wholly literal nor a wholly figurative interpretation will do; I propose a reading that ... ...
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Rationalising the burden of establishing defences at criminal law in Singapore: Reconsidering Jayasena, in the wake of Eu Lim Hoklai
The reversal of the burden of proof and the imposition of a mandatory death penalty for certain offences have left the Singapore criminal justice system the subject of much rights-based criticism. ...... ... apply s. 107 of the Evidence Act (‘EA’) in its literal" sense and shift the legal burden to the accused, irrespective of\xC2" ... but have not reconciled it with Lord Devlin’s interpretation of s. 3(3) EA in Jayasena, which limits proof to the ... ...
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Editorial
... ... Both cases are problematic if a literal interpretation of the relevant legislation is adopted and clearly ... ...
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Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; Sex Offenders Act 1997: Definition of ‘Sexual Offence’
... ... rigorous approach by the police towards the collec-tion and interpretation of such sensitive material.Chris TaylorPowers of Criminal Courts ... This passage appears to be a justification for using the literal rule ofstatutory interpretation and whilst it is normally true that this ... ...
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House of Lords
... ... 1015A). The majority applied a purposive interpretation to the section, on the ground that a literal interpretation would ... ...
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Self-Defence, Defence and Pre-Emption
Military supporters and critics often find each others' positions on war preposterous. The divergent attitudes of these two groups may derive from their view about the analogy, or lack thereof, bet...... ... abroad are better understood as pre-emptive acts of war than as literal acts of ‘self-defence’. The support by governments of the weapons ... is also difficult to reconcile with the ‘self-defence’ interpretation of war. Accordingly, those who reject ‘pre-emptive defence’ on the ... ...
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
... ... But the Board applied its interpretation of the statute, with the result that the trial was declared a ... " ... There can be little doubt but that a literal interpretation of the words of the Code lead to the conclusion ... ...
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Insurance And Damages For Loss Of The Breadwinner–‐a Problem Of Statutory Interpretation
How should the courts apply a statute to new circumstances which were not contemplated by the legislator? Whatever is done will amount to judicial law‐making, but the decision may well depend on wh...... ... It would seem that the process of extending the exception enacted in 1908 by means of literal interpretation had reached its limit in Bowskill v. Dawson. The attempt to go beyond these limits, which was made in ... ...
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