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Purposive Interpretation

Purposive Interpretation is a method of legal interpretation that belongs to the broader class of interpretive approaches in jurisprudence and is distinguished by its focus on discerning and giving effect to the underlying purpose or objective of a legal text, rather than adhering strictly to its literal or grammatical meaning.

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Purposive Construction

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Purposive Behavior in Animals and Man

Paul Thomas Young, E. C. Tolman · The American Journal of Psychology · 1933 · 250 citations

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Purposive Explanation in Psychology.

B. A. Farrell, Margaret A. Boden · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1974 · 114 citations

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Textualism and the Equity of the Statute

John F. Manning · Columbia Law Review · 2001 · 80 citations

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The Rise and Fall of Textualism

Jonathan T. Molot · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2005 · 77 citations · Full text

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The Purposiveness of Form: A Reading of Kant's Aesthetic Formalism

Rachel Zuckert · Journal of the history of philosophy · 2006 · 52 citations

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Authors

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  1. JF
    John F. Manning

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  2. MH
    Martyn Hammersley

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  3. RN
    Randal N. M. Graham

    Western University, Canada

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. SC
    Sungho Choi

    Hanyang University, South Korea

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  5. RT
    Roger Trigg

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

17

  1. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  3. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  5. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

  6. British Geological Survey

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  8. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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Venues

  1. Statute Law Review

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 107 citations

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  3. The American Journal of Psychology

    AJP · 1 publications · 250 citations

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  4. The Southern Journal of Philosophy

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. Industrial Law Journal

    1 publications · 40 citations

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