645 Statutory Interpretation (Hutchison)

LAW645 

Statutory Interpretation

(Hutchison)

Prerequisite courses: 

Prerequisite for: 

Instructor(s): Professor Cameron Hutchison

Course credit: 3

Method of presentation: Seminar

METHOD OF EVALUATION

Two assignments, one in-class presentation.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Virtually all areas of law are regulated by statute.  A sizable portion of judicial decision-making is dedicated to interpreting the meaning of statutory language.  Even more so, lawyers are constantly confronted with interpreting statutory language when they advise clients, or argue cases before courts. Statutory interpretation is, like the ability to analyze case law, a fundamental skill that any good lawyer must have. This course offers an overview of the theories, approaches and techniques of the art of statutory interpretation.

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2020-21. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY): 

Cameron Hutchison, The Fundamentals of Statutory Interpretation  (LexisNexis: Toronto, 2018)

Cameron Hutchison, Cases and Materials (Electronic Casebook Project, 2019)