Even when a law was uncongenial to him, or when it seemed contradictory, Hand set himself to interpret the legislative intent.
"Does that not mean that a court has to, in interpreting a legislative act, give special deference to the legislature's choices insofar as a presidential election is concerned?" she asked.
This being so, when judges come to interpret the decisions of legislative institutions, they must do so such that the law thus interpreted reflects the intentions of those who made it.
The decision can be interpreted as promoting legislative supremacy, a key point in a system where parliamentary sovereignty is confirmed.
They do not interpret statutes to conflict with legislative intent, and courts have been reluctant in particular to "read out" provisions for this reason.
However, before the Busia government could develop a Legislative Instrument (LI) to interpret the Act 387 with specific fees, it was ousted on 13th January 1972 in a military coup.
Further research is needed to guide policy-makers, courts and legislative bodies about how to interpret the scientific knowledge in an era of HIV as a manageable chronic illness, in contrast to earlier eras when HIV was perceived to be a death sentence and public health menace.
The compromise would insert religion more deeply into the legislative and judicial process by elaborating new guidelines to interpret "the principles of Islamic law" that the old Constitution had recognized, at least nominally, as the main source of Egyptian legislation.
And cultivators who've been here for decades now feel as though they are stuck in legislative limbo as the local government decides how to interpret the state law, which contradicts the federal prohibition of pot.
Yet we have an anomaly in our courts, irresponsibly supported by the executive and legislative branches of our government, in the manner that our courts interpret Sovereign Immunity and, in turn, its impact on our day to day lives.
