Statutory Interpretation in Aotearoa New Zealand : A Good Practice Guide

This is a brief Good Practice Guide to statutory interpretation – the process of finding legislation’s correct legal meaning – which is most of modern lawyers’ work.

• The Guide focuses on primary legal materials, and cites leading and recent case law. It gives an easy basic pathway into a large body of law and a vast academic legal literature.
• The Guide analyses, concisely, key factors.
• It uses real legislation, and real cases, to show what courts actually do and say.
• Using the Guide will help interpreters understand, and master, the process of statutory interpretation, and avoid errors.
• It includes many helpful examples, a useful summary checklist, a glossary of key terms, and a list of further resources.