LAWS8072 - 3533

Course name

Statutory Interpretation

Course code

LAWS8072

Program

Master of Financial Management and Law

Juris Doctor

Master of Laws

Graduate Certificate of Law

Textbook and reading requirements

For an overview of this course, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the class start date.

If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the End of Year ceremony.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

- Perry Herzfeld and Thomas Prince, Interpretation (Thomson Reuters, 2nd ed, 2020); and

- Dennis Pearce, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 9th ed, 2019).

A full list of readings/E brick will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Required Legislation:

- Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth);

- Legislation Act 2001 (ACT); and

- Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW).