"The Court Should Not Be Concerned with Whether Applying the Ordinary

question 13

Multiple Choice

"The court should not be concerned with whether applying the ordinary meaning will lead to an unfair,ridiculous or inconsistent result." This statement describes the rule of statutory interpretation known as:

• A)the mischief rule.
• B)the Denning rule.
• C)the literal rule.
• D)the golden rule.

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Definitions:

Coterminous

means sharing the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.

Exchange Theory

A theoretical framework suggesting that social behavior is the result of an exchange process aiming to maximize benefits and minimize costs to individuals.

Rational Choice Theory

A framework for understanding and often formally modeling social and economic behavior based on the assumption that individuals act on rational self-interest.

Network Theory

A theory in sociology and other fields that examines how networks of social interactions influence behavior and outcomes.