Chapter 1 Reading Words in Their Entire Context: An Overview of Statutory Interpretation
Chapter 2 The Modern Principle
Chapter 3 Ordinary Meaning
Chapter 4 Technical and Legal Meaning, Statutory Definitions, Interpretation Acts and Recurring Legislative Terminology
Chapter 5 Bilingual and Bijural Meaning
Chapter 6 Original Meaning
Chapter 7 Plausible Meaning
Chapter 8 Textual Analysis
Chapter 9 Purposive Analysis
Chapter 10 Consequential Analysis - Avoiding Absurdity
Chapter 11 Coherence, Overlap and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 12 Correcting Mistakes, Filling Gaps, Defeating Avoidance
Chapter 13 The Act as a Whole, The Statute Book as a Whole and Related Legislation
Chapter 14 The Components of Legislation
Chapter 15 Presumed Legislative Intent
Chapter 16 Constitutional Law
Chapter 17 Common Law
Chapter 18 International Law
Chapter 19 Human Rights Legislation
Chapter 20 Legislation Relating to Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 21 Fiscal Legislation
Chapter 22 The External Context
Chapter 23 Extrinsic Aids
Chapter 24 Temporal Operation
Chapter 25 Temporal Application
Chapter 26 Territorial Application
Chapter 27 Crown Immunity