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Does American jurisprudence have any rules of interpretation of Constitution?

Opublikowano: 2018-09-20
Issues>Number 2(9)/2014>Research article
Anna Tomza

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Language: EnglishPublished: Number 2(9)/2014, pp. 125-133.Number of downloads: 348

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Dr Anna Tomza

University of Łódź

English abstract: The most discussed issue in the theory of law is the problem of its interpretation, and main question in this topic is – how to make a proper interpretation? The American common-law, opposite the European theory of law, seems not to have general rules of interpretation, but only the idea of proper interpretation. Also the methodology of statutory interpretation is some kind of the judge-made law. As Henry M. Hart said „The hard truth of the matter is that American courts have no intelligible, generally accepted, and consistently applied theory of statutory interpretation”. According to this, currently the question focuses on finding the generally rules of interpretation, which should be some kind of canons of the statutory interpretation. This article tries to give the answer to the question: „if American jurisprudence has any rules of interpretation of law?”.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: American jurisprudence, Constitution, legal interpretation, rules of interpretation

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