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Liberal Construction Of Cercla Under The Remedial Purpose Canon: Have The Lower Courts Taken A Good Thing Too Far?, Blake Watson Jan 1996

Liberal Construction Of Cercla Under The Remedial Purpose Canon: Have The Lower Courts Taken A Good Thing Too Far?, Blake Watson

School of Law Faculty Publications

This article examines the use of the remedial purpose canon of statutory construction in connection with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), otherwise known as the Superfund Act. The article also assesses scholarly criticisms of the remedial purpose canon.