Statutory interpretation

 

Books
Canadian
o       Appleby, E., Legal research guide to statutes, 2007 (Fredericton: Maritime Law Book, 2007)
o       Bastarache et al., The law of bilingual interpretation, 1st ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2008)
o       Beaulac, S., Handbook on statutory interpretation : general methodology, Canadian charter and international law (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
o       Beaupré, M., Interpreting Bilingual Legislation, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 1986)
o       Cote, P., The Interpretation of Legislation in Canada, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2000)
o       Gifford et al., How to Understand Statutes and By-Laws (Toronto: Carswell, 1996) 
o       Holland & McGowan, Delegated Legislation in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 1989)
o       Nash, B., Legislation made easy, a guide to the complexities of legislation, 2nd ed. (Victoria: Regsitrar of Regulations of British Columbia, 2004) [Explains the legislative process].
o       Nozick, R., Statutes of Canada, annotated (Toronto: Carswell, 2005)
o       Pigeon, L., Drafting and Interpreting Legislation (Toronto: Carswell, 1988)
o       Salembier, J., Regulatory Law and Practice in Canada (Markham: LexisNexis, 2004)
o       * Sullivan, R., Statutory interpretation, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007)
o       * Sullivan, R., Sullivan on the Construction of Statutes, 5th ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2008)
 
English
o       Bennion, F., Bennion on Statutory Interpretation, 5th ed. (London: Butterworths, 2008)
o       Randall, A.E., Beal’s Cardinal Rules of Legal Interpretation, 3rd ed. (London: Stevens & Sons, Limited & Toronto: Carswell, 1924)
 
American
o       Elhauge, E., Statutory default rules: how to interpret unclear legislation (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008) 
 
Other countries
o       Pearce & Geddes, Statutory interpretation in Australia, 6th ed. (Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006)