Index

• Author: Ruth Sullivan
• Profession: Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
• Pages: 335-345

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Aborigin al peoples

First Nations lega l systems, 92, 56

liberal con struction of legislat ion re

Aborigin al peoples, 174–75

strict construction of legislation

interfering with Aboriginal rights,

225, 226, 234

use of Aborig inal languages in le gis-

lation, 83

Absurdity. See also Consequential

analysis

evidence of drafting error, 164–66

explained, 149–51

justif‌ication for impl ausible inter-

pretation, 161–62

types of, 149 –51

Act as a whole

components of, 135– 47

how to read, 129, 131–51

internal groupings within, 134–35

related provi sions within, 132–34

role of contextual analysis, 128–29

scheme analy sis of, 147–49, 199–201

Administrative interpretation. See also

Extrinsic aids

explained, 300–1

guidelines, 13

Ambiguity

as prerequis ite, 136–37, 156–59,

222–23, 240–41

def‌ined, 113, 222, 231

how to determine, 128, 222 , 241

Amendment. See also Legislative evolu-

tion

amending Acts explained, 8–9

amendment vs. decl aration, 21

consequential amendments, 21

formal vs. sub stantive change, 23–25,

292–96

judicial amend ment vs. interpreta-

tion, 46, 115–18

temporal applic ation of, 249–50

temporal operat ion of, 23–26

“An d”

def‌ined, 81

joint vs. joint and seve ral, 81–82

Application of legi slation. See Crown,

presumption of im munity;

Temporal application; Territor ial

application

Associated words rule (noscitur a sociis)

explained, 175–78

Bijural legislation. See also Bijural ter-

minology

constitution al basis of, 91–92, 97

drafting techniques for, 93–94, 97

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