parent nodes: administrative law | agency choice of procedure | Chevron v NRDC
canon of construction
Canons of construction
- Courts should avoid absurd results (Holy Trinity)
- Courts should interpret statutes to avoid retroactivity [Bowen v Georgetown Univ Hospital]
- Courts should interpret statutes to give the benefit of the doubt to Native Americans
- Courts should not interpet statutes to apply outside US territorial jurisdiction
- Courts should interpret statutes to create a de minimis exemption