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Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law
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E.A. Petrova Doctrine of Judicial Statutory Interpretation in American Legal System

Abstract: In the article the author analyses main statutory interpretation methods as well as the role of the caselaw interpreting enacted law in American legal system. Examples from some statutes and court decisions are given. The author concludes that these are judges who make the statute “alive” in process of its construction.

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American legal system, statutory law, caselaw interpreting enacted law, doctrine of statutory interpretation (construction), maxims (canons) of construction.

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