In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan Dachs restates the "general, well-settled and widely known" rules for interpreting insurance policy provisions and uses case law to show how the courts are often ...

The analysis outlined in this paper shows how the Supreme Court involves itself in philosophical abstraction in the interpretation and construction of statutes. The cases also show that the Supreme ...

Rules of interpreting legal enactments are generally well-known to lawyers, judges, law teachers and law students. It is now a full branch of legal knowledge.1 In some jurisdictions there are ...

“Even where ‘prosecution history statements do not rise to the level of unmistakable disavowal, they do inform the claim construction.’” – CAFC The Federal Circuit on Friday reversed the Patent Trial ...

I’m delighted to report that Prof. Will Baude, formerly one of our co-bloggers, will be guest-blogging this coming week about his new article (co-authored with Prof. Stephen Sachs), “The Law of ...

It is very clear from the relevant provisions that No person elected under the 1999 Constitution Can remain in that office for a day longer than as provided, otherwise the intention of the framers of ...