Statutory Interpretation in Private Law was cited in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Gayle; The Age Company Pty Ltd v Gayle; The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd v Gayle [2019] NSWCA 172
In the past 50 years private law has undergone a revolution: statutes are now prevalent in every area. This book considers how judges in private law cases should respond to this change. How are statutes to be interpreted in this area with its deep historical roots, and is it reasonable to think that statutory interpretation might have different aspects and emphases in private law compared with public law?
Divided into three parts: Introduction; Current Trends and Debates; and, Applications of Statutory Interpretation in Private Law, the book seeks to recognise the institutional reality of the statutory presence in private law. A distinguished group of authors including the Hon Tom Bathurst AC, Justice Mark Leeming and Justice Ashley Black, consider this question from a range of viewpoints. For example, the area of private law is full of transactional analysis – how different is the construction of contracts from statutory interpretation?
The book canvasses some general questions about how statutory interpretation operates in private law, such as whether there should be a different concept of the principle of legality in private law, or whether parliamentary intention might include an understanding of private law. Particular applications such as the role of statutory interpretation in contributory negligence, defamation, directors’ duties, consumer law and equity are also considered.
CONTENTS
Preface Contributors Table of Cases Table of Statutes
PART I – Introduction
1. Introduction: Is Statutory Interpretation in Private Law Distinctive? Prue Vines and M Scott Donald
PART II – Current Trends and Debates
2. 'Icecream is Not "Meat"’: Literal Meaning and Purpose in Statutory Interpretation in Private Law The Hon TF Bathurst AC 3. Statutory Interpretation as Private Law The Hon Mark Leeming 4. Commentary on ‘Statutory Interpretation as Private Law’ The Hon Ashley Black 5. Statutory Interpretation and Private Law Obligations Joachim Dietrich
PART III – Applications of Statutory Interpretation in Private Law
6. ‘Co-production’: Novelty and Path Dependence in Defamation Reform Jenny Steele 7. Taking Common Law Concepts Seriously: Extending the Principle of Legality in Private Law Prue Vines 8. Statutes in a Web of Law Lyria Bennett Moses and Brendan Edgeworth 9. An Integrated Approach to Statutory Interpretation: Directors' Duties in the UK Rosemary Teele Langford 10. Intuitive Synthesis and Fidelity to Purpose? Judicial Interpretation of the Discretionary Power to Award Civil Penalties under the Australian Consumer Law Jeannie Marie Paterson and Elise Bant 11. Contractual Fairness: Statutory Innovation and Statutory Interpretation May Fong Cheong 12. Lord Cairns’ Act and Statutory Interpretation: Give the Court an Inch, They’ll Take a Mile Katy Barnett 13. Statutes and a Fiduciary Course of Dealing Simone Degeling
Index
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[T]he text and its contributors grapple with whether the interpretation of statutes in private law is a different “creature” from statutory interpretation in public law, and how statutory interpretation operates in private law. … The text boasts an esteemed collection of contributors, with each chapter providing an interesting and engaging analysis of its chosen topic. The topics themselves are diverse. This text is an engaging and, in many instances, thought-provoking read. It would be a valuable addition to any legal practitioner practising in private law, or with a general interest in this area.
Queensland Law Reporter – 19 July 2019 – [2019] 28 QLR
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Published 17 May 2019
Publisher The Federation Press
Hardback/288pp
ISBN 9781760022051
Australian RRP $160.00
International Price $145.00
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