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In law, the legislative intent of the legislature in enacting legislation may sometimes be considered by the judiciary when interpreting the law (see judicial interpretation). The judiciary may attempt to assess legislative intent where legislation is ambiguous, or does not appear to directly or adequately address a particular issue, or when there appears to have been a legislative drafting error. When a statute is clear and unambiguous, the courts have said, repeatedly, that the inquiry into legislative intent ends at that point. It is only when a statute could be interpreted in more than one fashion that legislative intent must be inferred from sources other than the actual text of the statute. ==Sources== Courts frequently look to the following sources in attempting to determine the goals and purposes that the legislative body had in mind when it passed the law: * the text of the bill as proposed to the legislative body * amendments to the bill that were proposed and accepted or rejected, * the record of hearings on the topic * legislative records or journals * speeches and floor debate made prior to the vote on the bill * legislative subcommittee minutes, factual findings, and/or reports * other relevant statutes that can be used to understand the definitions in the statute on question * other relevant statutes which indicate the limits of the statute in question * legislative files of the executive branch, such as the governor or president * case law prior to the statute or following it which demonstrates the problems the legislature was attempting to address with the bill * constitutional determinations (Would Congress still have passed certain sections of a statute had it known about the constitutional invalidity of the other portions of the statute?) *legislative intent, which is the reason for passing the law 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legislative intent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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