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Statutory interpretation

Although Parliament is supreme and can pass any law it likes, judges have to interpret those laws in practice. Sally Russell explains the methods they use to interpret Acts of Parliament

Adler used the golden rule to determine that the law against being ‘in the vicinity’ of a Royal Air Force base included the area inside the base itself

This article is relevant to AQA A-level 7162 Unit 3.1 and OCR A-level H415 Unit 2.

There are various approaches for judges to take when interpreting Acts of Parliament (statutes), referred to as rules of statutory interpretation. There are three main reasons why statutes need interpreting:

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