California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from R. L. Management Co. v. Nagel, 58 Cal.App.4th 1285, 68 Cal.Rptr.2d 801 (Cal. App. 1997):
Moreover, regardless of the failure to raise the argument in the administrative process, we cannot construe statutes in artificial isolation; rather we read every statute "with reference to the entire scheme of law of which it is part so that the whole may be harmonized and retain effectiveness." (Clean Air Constituency v. California State Air Resources Bd. (1974) 11 Cal.3d 801, 814, 114 Cal.Rptr. 577, 523 P.2d 617.)
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