Talk:Plain meaning rule

Examples needed[edit]

This articles needs some simple concrete examples of application of the plain meaning rule. Even OR made up examples are better than nothing, but best is a few cases where the judge explicitly used the rule in a ruling. PPdd (talk) 21:19, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Puffenstuff vs. Pufendorf[edit]

In this quote: "The common sense of man approves the judgment mentioned by Puffenstuff (sic. Puffendorf), that the Bolognian law which enacted ‘that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity’...", both the case being cited and the older case being indirectly quoted obviously refer to the words of Samuel von Pufendorf; I'm not sure where "Puffenstuff" came from in this context. This passage appears on several pages; I've left in the '[sic]' but changed "Puffenstuff" to "Pufendorf" and corrected the link to refer to the political philosopher rather than to the children's television series. - Liber loquax (talk) 10:11, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Purposive approach?[edit]

I just came here to read about the different statutory interpretation methods employed by judges and was wondering why the purposive approach is not represented here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purposive_approach — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wtf4photography (talk • contribs) 17:31, 9 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]