This book analyses the common law's approach to retroactivity. The central claim is that when a court considers whether to develop or change a common law rule t

The principle in law that the rules are not changed in the middle of game, is embodied in the notion that legislation should apply prospectively. This study ana

However controversial, retrospective rule-making is not at all uncommon, and has been used by governments of all political persuasions for a number of applicati

In this groundbreaking book, Scalia and Garner systematically explain all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpreta

This lively book reassesses a century of jurisprudential thought from a fresh perspective, and points to a malaise that currently afflicts not only legal theory