Join Course Chair Jack Crisp and a terrific faculty, including retired Justice Lynn, Judges Delker and Laplante, and Professor Heilpern, for a full-day examination of the vital and important practice tool of Statutory Interpretation. We will cover the basics, as well as a few advanced topics: how courts determine what statutes mean in hard cases, foundational concepts that underly the techniques courts utilize to determine what statutes mean, such as statutory text, legislative intent, and statutory purpose, it will also explain basic doctrinal techniques such as textual canons, substantive canons, the sometimes controversial question of legislative history, and the proper and effective use of dictionaries, both legal and standard. The faculty will also address cutting-edge issues and techniques in the field, such as corpus linguistics.
Highlights Include:
-General Overview of Statutory Interpretation - Basic Foundational Theories and Fundamental Canons
-Analyzing Statutory Interpretation by the New Hampshire Supreme Court
-Using Legislative History: When, What, & How
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Materials:
Materials for In-Person Seminars, Online seminars, CLEtoGo seminars and Live Webcasts will come in pdf format closer to the program for you to download and save/print. They will be available in your online account through this catalog.
The opinions expressed by the speakers and panelists are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the New Hampshire Bar Association. The New Hampshire Bar Association does not endorse or assume responsibility for any statements made during this program.
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