6.6 Presumption against Intending Injustice or Absurdity

The presumption: the legislature not presumed to intend the injustice-or-absurdity — the construction yielding the unjust-or-absurd result rejected (the alternative sensible reading preferred); the craft: the "the legislature is reasonable" working hypothesis (the golden rule's kinship — Unit 2.1.2); the applications: the absurd-results cases (the construction's escape); the hardship's mitigation (the innocent-party-protecting readings); the limits: the clear-injustice's acceptance (the text's clarity prevails — the legislature's responsibility (the court's critique-not- rewrite)).