The divergence of constitutional and statutory interpretation. Construction book express your online construction book. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Statutory adjudication by derek simmonds overdrive. Statutory payment provisions and the scheme for construction contracts are dealt with in part 4, and part 5 compares the most frequently used adjudication provisions and procedures. There is a statutory right of appeal to an industrial tribunal and from there to the employment appeal tribunal to challenge such notices. Statutory interpretation refers to the process by which a court looks at a statute and determines what it means.
The egan report rethinking construction detr, 1998 stated that the health and safety record of construction is the second worst of any industry and that accidents can account for 4 to 6 per cent of total project costs. Third, judges may turn to the canons of construction, which are presumptions about how courts ordinarily read statutes. A guide to reading, interpreting and applying statutes. Literally interpreting the law a appraisal of the literal rule of interpretation in india alekhya reddy. When a statute becomes the subject of a dispute in court, judges usually must interpret the law.
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Although legislature makes the statute, it may be open to interpretation and have ambiguities. C j botha interpretation of statutes is about understanding enacted lawtexts, that is, making sense of the legislative scheme applicable to the situation at hand. It deals with every aspect of the lawmaking process. Buy coulson on construction adjudication 4th ed, by peter coulson, isbn 9780198822110, published by oxford university press from. Published in three volumes, it is the most comprehensive text on this subject, and provides a unique and invaluable comparative, multijurisdictional approach.
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