In law, the legislative intent of the legislature in enacting legislation may sometimes be considered by the judiciary to interpret the law (see judicial...

a legislature's intent in enacting a law, although jurists disagree widely about the extent (if any) to which a statute's legislative history has bearing...

committee reports or sponsors' statements as authoritative evidence of legislative intent. These judges base their resistance to that interpretive practice...

its plain meaning, and this court will not search for legislative intent; rather, that intent must be gathered from the plain meaning of the language...

notwithstanding. As in purposivism, tools such as legislative history are often used. One example of original intent is in Freeman v. Quicken Loans Inc., [2012]...

This case is cited most often in legal cases for its holding on how legislative intent can be determined. For example, in the case of United Steelworkers...

enforcement measures have been periodically enhanced since 1975. The legislative record on H.R. 3734 is silent on whether or why Congress intended to...

Hatch's introductory remarks discuss Paroline and emphasize the bill's intent to solve the Court's question of who bears the burden of seeking out all...

when the statute was passed to remedy a defect in the common law. Legislative intent is determined by examining secondary sources, such as committee reports...

Regulation and licensure in engineering is established by various jurisdictions of the world to encourage life, public welfare, safety, well-being, then...

Reconstruction Amendments in the aftermath of the American Civil War. The legislative intent of the statute was aimed towards election offenses which interfered...

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"relied upon in determining legislative intent." "The ultimate question," the Court concluded, "is one of legislative intent, not one of whether this Court...

and Senate until the video feed began. As a result, reconstructing legislative intent outside of an act's preamble is extremely difficult in California...

"shaped by the Court's own jurisprudence", according to Finn. Founders' Intent involves judges trying to gauge the intentions of the authors of a statute...

information to develop new legislative proposals or to amend existing statutes ensure administrative compliance with legislative intent prevent executive encroachment...

detail. This is the result of the legislative positivist view that the court is only interpreting the legislature's intent and therefore detailed exposition...

the intent of the legislator will be questioned, and the court is directed to rule in the direction it judges to best fit the legislative intent, which...

a law to give effect to its legislative intent. It is not permissible for the Judiciary to change the entire legislative policy of the country deeply...

, 280 Cal. Rptr. 535, 537-40 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991)(discussing the legislative intent behind CAPA). See Gantz, Karen (1981). "Protecting Artists' Moral...

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"Continuity and the Legislative Design". Notre Dame Law Review. 79 (5): 1863–1889. Manning, John F. (April 2005). "Textualism and Legislative Intent". Virginia...

however, have pointed out that Bork was wrong in his analysis of the legislative intent of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and have criticized him for incorrect...

whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue. If the intent of Congress is clear, that is the end of the matter; for the court as well...

in both cases, courts upheld Congressional intent. Sometimes courts refuse to apply legislative intent that conflicts with the text of the law, as in...

Unwrapped. Retrieved 2020-05-27. MacCallum, Gerald Cushing (1993). Legislative Intent and Other Essays on Law, Politics, and Morality. Univ of Wisconsin...

are legislatively proscribed due to the imposition of "absolute liability." Strict liability crimes will require evidence of such legislative intent, and...

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from engaging in a general prohibited behavior). Does legislative history express a legislative intent to create or deny a private right of action? Would...

deliberation, about the constitutional role of the courts." The Nature of Legislative Intent (Oxford University Press, 2012) (with NW Barber and Paul Yowell, eds...