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Interpretation · Unit 3

Presumptions in Statutory Interpretation

Unit 3 of Interpretation of Statutes (syllabus: The presumptions a court brings to a statute — validity, territorial operation, jurisdiction, against inconvenience or absurdity, against intending injustice, and against impairing obligations or permitting advantage from one’s own wrong). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.