Report of Mr . Justice John L . Murray , President of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Ireland Methods of Interpretation – Comparative Law Method
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the interpretation of legal texts such as statutes and constitutions has presented problems from the earliest times to the present day. plato urged that laws be interpreted according to their spirit rather than literally. Voltaire expressed the view that to interpret the law is to corrupt it. montesquieu viewed the judge as simply the mechanical spokesman of the law. the role of the Judge has been transformed since montesquieu’s day but the historic tension still exists between the search for the “true intent” of a legal norm and the desire for certainty and transparency in the application of the law.
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