Restrictive Interpretation of Exceptions: Identification and Hunt of Ideologies

Abstract

The objective of this article is to assert that jurists advocating for the restrictive interpretation of exceptions in rules, or exceptions to rules, often do so based on an underlying interpretive ideology. To achieve this goal, we will conduct a metatheoretical analysis of how legal theorists have conceptualized the notions of restrictive interpretation and exception. This analysis aims to demonstrate that, when viewed from this perspective, there is no conceptual relationship between these two notions.