State Legislative Drafting Manuals and Statutory Interpretation.¶
(2011). State Legislative Drafting Manuals and Statutory Interpretation. Yale Law Journal, 120(8), 2238-2284.
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Primes¶
- Quantifier
- In law and statutes "any person who," "no person shall," "every employer must," "at least three witnesses" — statutory language is built out of quantifier choices that determine breadth, burden of proof, and what counts as a counterexample, with "all" admitting no exception and "most" admitting discretion.
This sourceDocuments how drafting choices — mandatory 'shall', universal 'any person', 'no person shall' — fix the breadth and burden a statute imposes, the legal instance of quantifier-scope choice.
- In law and statutes "any person who," "no person shall," "every employer must," "at least three witnesses" — statutory language is built out of quantifier choices that determine breadth, burden of proof, and what counts as a counterexample, with "all" admitting no exception and "most" admitting discretion.
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