Download This PaperIntuitive Synthesis and Fidelity to Purpose? Judicial Interpretation of the Discretionary Power to Award Civil Penalties under the Australian Consumer Law
in Prue Vines and Donald M Scott (Eds), Statutory Interpretation in Private Law, Federation Press, 2019
30 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2020
Date Written: June 25, 2020
Abstract
The fertility of judicial techniques of statutory interpretation is uniquely evidenced in the development of the jurisprudence supporting the award of civil pecuniary penalties for specific contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and equivalent provisions in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act).
Keywords: Australian Consumer Law, statutory interpretation
JEL Classification: K29
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Paterson, Jeannie Marie and Bant, Elise D., Intuitive Synthesis and Fidelity to Purpose? Judicial Interpretation of the Discretionary Power to Award Civil Penalties under the Australian Consumer Law (June 25, 2020). in Prue Vines and Donald M Scott (Eds), Statutory Interpretation in Private Law, Federation Press, 2019, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper #889, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3635221
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