"Read the chapter on Internal Aids to Construction tonight," the Justice instructed. "Look at the preamble through Singh’s lens. You’ll find that when the air is thick with legal fog, this book provides the North Star."
“The fundamental principle of interpretation is to assign to the words of the statute their ordinary, natural, and grammatical meaning. But if that leads to an absurdity or inconsistency, the court may modify the meaning.” – G.P. Singh (paraphrased from Chapter 2) principles of statutory interpretation gp singh high quality
G.P. Singh categorizes the approach into three fundamental "rules" that courts apply based on the clarity of the text: "Read the chapter on Internal Aids to Construction
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