Advantages and Disadvantages of External Aids

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Advantages and Disadvantages of External Aids

Advantages

  • using a dictionary is quick and easy
  • using Hansard might clarify what parliament meant
  • Europe allows background papers to be used so it is sensible for English courts to use them when acts are based on international rules

Disadvantages

  • Using Hansard may not reveal what parliament as a whole intended
  • sometimes what the minister said may not be clear
  • there is the danger of treating materials that are not part of the act as having the same status as the act and so undermining the authority of parliament

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