D. Neil MacCormick, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK and Robert S. Summers, McRoberts Research Professor of Law, Cornell University, New York, USA

• Contents: Introduction, Robert Summers; Ithaca on method and methodology, Zenon Bankowski, Neil MacCormick and Jerzy Wroblewski; Statutory Interpretation in Argentina, Enrique Zuleta-Puceiro; Statutory interpretation in the Federal Republic of Germany, Robert Alexy and Ralf Drier; Statutory interpretation in Finland, Aulis Aarnio; Statutory Interpretation In France, Michel Troper, Christophe Grzegorczyk and Jean Louis Gardes; Statutory Interpretation in Italy, Massimo La Torre, Enrico Pattaro and Michele Taruffo; Statutory Interpretation in Poland, Jerzy Wroblewski; Statutory Interpretation in Sweden, Alexsander Peczenik and Gunnar Bergholtz; Statutory Interpretation in the United Kingdom, Zenon Bankowski and Neil MacCormick; Statutory Interpretation in the United States, Robert S. Summers; Interpretation and Comparative Analysis, Robert S. Summers and Michele Taruffo; Interpretation and Justification, Neil MacCormick and Robert S. Summers; Appendix; Index.

’The book will be a storehouse of information about the legal cultures of the countries. The editors are to be congratulated on organising the transnational effort to impose order on a disorderly subject (or non-subject).’ The International and Comparative Law Quarterly ’The comparative methods used in the book both in structuring the national reports and in offering a comparative analysis, are highly praiseworthy.’ Professor Dr U Drobnig, Max-Planck-Institut, Germany