Volume 1:Statutory interpretation -- Fundamental concepts and the historical roots of the interpretation of statutes in South Africa -- Theories of interpretation -- Restrictive interpretation -- Extensive interpretation: some anomalies in the South African approach -- Internal aids to construction -- External aids to construction -- Statutory multilingualism as an aid to construction in terms of the South African constitution -- The presumptions of interpretation -- The status of acts performed contrary to statutory provisions -- Analysis and critique of the interpretation act 33 of 1957 -- The nature of legal reasoning involved in statutory and constitutional interpretation -- The reconciliation and resolution of conflicting statutory provisions -- Clarity of expression and doctrine of overbreath.