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The nature of legislative intent / Richard Ekins.

By: Series: Oxford legal philosophyPublication details: Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 303 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780198766209
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.373 23
LOC classification:
  • K290 .E35 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Sceptical arguments -- Joint intention and group agency -- Legislating without reasoning -- What it is to legislate -- The legislative assembly -- Language use and intention -- The nature of legislative intent -- Intentions in interpretation.
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Based on the author's Oxford doctoral thesis.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-293) and index.

Introduction -- Sceptical arguments -- Joint intention and group agency -- Legislating without reasoning -- What it is to legislate -- The legislative assembly -- Language use and intention -- The nature of legislative intent -- Intentions in interpretation.