How have courts interpreted the " cardinal principle" in the context of constitutional law?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Buzogan v. Banister, 1971 CanLII 233 (AB QB):
Tindal C.J. in Warburton v. Loveland (1832), 6 Bli. N.S. 1, 2 Dow. & Cl. 480 at 489, 5 E.R. 499, stated the cardinal principle: "Where the language of an Act is clear and explicit, we must give effect to it, whatever may be the consequences, for in that case the words of the statute speak the intention of the legislature."
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