Handbook on the Construction and Interpretation of the Laws, with a Chapter on the Interpretation of Judicial Decisions and the Doctrine of Precedents Reprint edition

Originally published: St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1896. xi, 499, [32] pp. Reprint of the first edition. "The following pages contain a condensed statement and exposition of the accepted canons and rules for the construction and interpretation of the written laws, whether constitutional or statutory. In accordance with the general plan of the Hornbook Series, these rules have been formulated somewhat after the manner of a code, expressed in brief black-letter paragraphs numbered consecutively throughout the book, and explained, developed, and illustrated in the text" (Preface, iii).