Talk:Purposive theory

Are these methods consistently used by their proponents?

Is Stephen Breyer selective in his use of Purposive Theory? Is Scalia selective in his use of Textualism? Do they apply these methods on every single case in a consistent manner, or do they only apply these methods whenever it benefits their personal ideologies? Just curious.

Merge

I think this article is doubling up on Purposive rule. I would suggest to merge these articles and cross-reference.

Should there be a merge between the articles purposive theory and purposive rule? This may be beneficial as there appears to be overlap between the content of the two articles. Also there appears to be several interchangeable terms regarding purposivism including: purposive approach, interpretation, doctrine, theory and rule. Israeli jurist Aharon Barak refers to it in his 2005 books as ‘purposive interpretation’. While Michael Zander refers to it as ‘purposive approach’. Should the two existing articles merge, the new article should have a title that recognizes the differing terminology, yet gives precedent to the most legitimate term. --Original Documents Canada (talk) 19:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)