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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, 4th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
o   Gifford et al., How to Understand Statutes and By-Laws (Toronto: Carswell, 1996) 
o   Halsbury’s laws of Canada, Legislatures (Markham: LexisNexis , 2006)
o   Holland & McGowan, Delegated Legislation in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 1989)
o   Nash, B., Legislation Made Easy, 3rd ed. (Victoria: Crown Publications, 2010) [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)