Contents: Intention, Interpretation, and Politics: Interpreting rules: the nature and limits of inchoate intentions, Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin; Grounding theories of legal interpretation, Tom Campell; Legislative intentions, legislative supremacy, and legal positivism, Jeffrey Goldsworthy. Interpretative Perspectives: A brief history of equitable interpretation in the common law system, Jim Evans; Mad dogmas and Englishmen: how other people interpret and why, Maimon Schwarzschild; Authority, meaning, legitimacy, Margaret Davies; A hermeneutical standpoint, Arthur Glass; Law as the structure of meaning, Michael J. Detmold. Interpreting Constitutions: Living in the past: Burkean conservatism and originalist interpretation, Heidi M. Hurd; Natural rights, judicial review, and constitutional interpretation, Michael S. Moore; Two ways to derive implied constitutional rights, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong; Interpretations of federalism: the Australian doctrine of state immunity and the problem of collective choice, David Tucker; Index.
Legal Interpretation in Democratic States