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2007

Law -- Interpretation & construction -- Louisiana

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The Legal Fiction Of "Clear Text" In Willis-Knighton V. Caddo-Shreveport Sales And Use Tax Commission, Katie Drell Grissel Feb 2007

The Legal Fiction Of "Clear Text" In Willis-Knighton V. Caddo-Shreveport Sales And Use Tax Commission, Katie Drell Grissel

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: Dressing-Up Substantive Legislation To Trigger The Interpretive Exception To Retroactivity Violates Constitutional Principles, Rebecca Barrett Hall Feb 2007

A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: Dressing-Up Substantive Legislation To Trigger The Interpretive Exception To Retroactivity Violates Constitutional Principles, Rebecca Barrett Hall

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ghosts Of The Past And Hopes For The Future: Article 466 And Societal Expectations, Elizabeth Carter Jan 2007

Ghosts Of The Past And Hopes For The Future: Article 466 And Societal Expectations, Elizabeth Carter

Journal Articles

This paper traces the history of the law governing component parts Louisiana Civil Code article 466 and its predecessor articles. It notes that civilian methods of interpretation do little to solve the ambiguity inherent in component parts and that stare decisis and jurisprudence constante only confuse the situation. The societal expectations test has been designed to account for these problems and has successfully resolved the ambiguities when it is correctly applied.