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22: Systematic Interpretation (Hollistic Approach)
- This method is concerned with the clarification of the meaning of a particular provision in relation to the text as a whole.
- Words cannot be read in isolation, also all the contextual considerations are considered as well.
- Includes the other provisions and parts of the constitution, extra-textual factors such as the social and political environmental merits in which the constitution operates
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23: Teleological Interpretation
- It emphasises the fundamental constitutional values and value-coherent interpretation.
- In other words, it is used to ascertain what the particular constitutional provisions must accomplish in the legal order.
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24: Transformative Interpretation
- Transformative Constitutionalism takes us from a culture of authority (sovereign parliament) to a culture of justification (supreme constitution).
- The Constitution is a transformative document and this transformative power is most evident in the preamble.
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25: Seven Types of Interpretation of the Constitution:
- Purposive Interpretation
- Historical Interpretation
- Generous Interpretation
- Comparative Interpretation
- Systematic (contextual) Interpretation
- Teleological Interpretation
- Transformative Interpretation
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