ABSTRACT
Aslawyersandlegaltheorists,wehavefounditextraordinarily interestingtotakepartintheinternationalprojectwhichhas yieldedthefollowingsetofessaysaboutstatutoryinterpretation asamajorfieldoflegalreasoningconsideredincomparativeand jurisprudentialperspective.Wehopeheretoconveythesame senseofexcitementtoyou,thereader.Thepublishedjustifications appearinginopinionsofthehighercourtsinWesternlegal systemscomprisewhatisperhapsthegreatestrepositoryof recordedpracticalreasoningknowntohumankind.Weremindthe readeralsooftheabsolutelycentralimportanceofstatutelawin modernlegalsystems;andthusoftheequalimportanceofstatutoryinterpretation.
