of words without meaning”.265 It is among these concepts of the will-theory one finds concepts such as the will of the state, legal order, and legislator, which, if construed on the basis of the willtheory, are concepts that cannot serve intelligible functions in factual interpretations of statutes, as any interpretation performed on the basis of such concepts and theoretical models invariably leads to arbitrary and unpredictable results.266 Hence, rather than applying scientifically indeterminate concepts, the overriding interpretative principles of statute interpretation must be a balanced application, on the one hand, of the effects that the statutes may have on the doings of the citizens, and on the other, the satisfaction of certain interests (as expressed via the statute).267 p a r t v, c h a p t e r 4 374 265 Hägerström,“Declaration of Intention,” p. 299. Swedish:“skenbegrepp” and “en ordsammanställning utan mening”, respectively Hägerström,“Begreppet viljeförklaring,” p. 99. 266 Hägerström, “Svikligt förtigande,” p. 311 and 335. 267 Ibid.: pp. 325 and 331-332. Cf. Hägerström’s description of interpretation of statutes and the inclusion of aequitas in Roman law. Hägerström, Magistratische Ius, pp. 67-77, especially 70-72.
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