They are not intended to serve as a model code, even though their wording may resemble statutory texts.
When the existence of pre-emption is evident from the statutory text, our inquiry must begin and end with the statutory framework itself.
Even so, such a close reading of the statutory text only helps to infer congressional intent.
His view was that Congress must make an affirmative clear statement in the statutory text to deprive a state court of jurisdiction of claims for that federal statute.
The statutory text confirms the policy of compromise behind subsection 512 - that copyright owners and ISPs work together to remedy infringement.
Our precedents make clear," he added, "that the starting point for our analysis is the statutory text.
This statutory text is not Humpty-Dumpty language that naysayers might say means whatever they "choose it to mean."
Germans prefer a "grammatical" (literal) interpretation, because the statutory text has a democratic legitimation, and "sensible" interpretations are risky, in particular in view of German history.
By its "refusal to look beyond the raw statutory text," he said, the court "misuses its authority."
Certain training courses are obligatory from the statutory texts (pediatry, obstetric gynaecology surgery, internal medicine and urgencies.)