Important doctrines include:
- Doctrine of Severability.
- Doctrine of Waiver.
- Doctrine of Eclipse.
- Doctrine of Territorial Nexus.
- Doctrine of Pith and Substance.
- Doctrine of Colourable Legislation.
- Doctrine of Implied Powers.
- Doctrine of Incidental and Ancillary Powers.
- Doctrine of Precedent.
- Doctrine of Occupied Field.
- Doctrine of Prospective Overruling.
- Doctrine of Harmonious Construction.
- Doctrine of Liberal Interpretation.