The Mischief Rule, an article on statutory interpretation that I published several years ago, begins this way: A Tennessee statute imposed duties on railroad…
By Lanre Adewole
The European Union has 28 of the world’s 195 countries in its fold. Of the 28, maybe three or four, with the exit of United Kingdom, can be counted as possessing a voice that com
JULY 1 — At common law, there are three judicial rules of statutory interpretation. They are (i) the Literal Rule; (ii) the Golden Rule; and (iii) the Mischief Rule. According...
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It has to be hoped that in one sober moment, after his cringeworthy performance on Channels Television propounding what may be called the theory of non-interpretation of the constitution, Mr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed would recoil from his own performance.
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The judge need not state what the law ought to be instead of what the law is. That would be crossing the Lakshman Rekha to become the legislator itself.
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