Browsing by Subject "Textualism"
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EDITORIAL: Legal Interpretation after Endumeni: Clarification, contestation, application
(PER/PELJ, 2019)This special edition consists of a selection of contributions delivered during a conference "Towards an integrated approach to the interpretation of legal documents: contracts, wills and statutes", hosted by the University ... -
The life and times of textualism in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2019)This paper analyses the dominant approaches to statutory interpretation through a historical lens. It argues that for most of South Africa's history the methods of interpretation were twisted in order to give effect to the ...