Many statutes contain a "definitions" section that sets forth and defines the key terms used in the statute.

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"Legislative history" can be understood broadly to encompass an array of materials.However, the term often is used as a synonym for the reports produced by congressional committees as a bill works its way through the enactment process.

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Substantive canons of construction are based on the tendencies and rules of usage of the language in order to provide clues as to what the legislature intended by the language of the statute.

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As a general matter, the legislature makes the policy choices. The court is there, principally, to faithfully enforce that, not to substitute its own policy preferences.

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In general, legislative history is used to a greater extent by purposivist judges than textualist judges, and constructional canons are used to a greater extent by textualist judges than purposivist judges.

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Substantive canons often are sourced in or found in notions of continuity and stability in law, relationships among the branches and levels of government, and constitutional values.

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Intentionalist theories argue for a subjective approach to statutory interpretation.

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Justice Scalia is the greatest modern proponent of the use of legislative history.

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One common rule of interpretation is that where a class of things is followed by general wording that is not itself expansive, the general wording is usually restricted by things of the same kind as the listed items.

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One critique of canons of constructive is that they can be manipulated to suit a desired outcome by cherrypicking.

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