The focus of this article is the well-known statutory construction principle ‘a statute is always speaking’. This principle has a long history and has been applied in numerous cases. It has always been said that social changes are rapid, and the judges may need to give an ‘updated’ reading to a statute because legislative drafters just did not (and could not) foresee everything. However, as time goes by, the ways in which the courts apply this principle do not seem to be exactly the same. Also, the range of factors that the courts will consider seems to be expanding as the case law shows. In particular, in the 21st century, the need to use this principle is reinforced in technology advancement cases due to the unprecedented speed of technological improvements. Illustrative examples are therefore needed to provide certainty and predictability to the application of the principle. This article aims to accomplish this task. It will scrutinize three types of technology advancement cases to understand how the principle has been applied in recent years in technology context.

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法规如何在最近的技术进步案例中“说话”？

这篇文章的重点是众所周知的法律建构原则“法律总是在说话”。这一原则由来已久，并已在众多案例中得到应用。一直以来都说社会变化很快，法官可能需要对法规进行“更新”解读，因为立法起草者只是没有（也无法）预见到一切。然而，随着时间的推移，法院适用这一原则的方式似乎并不完全相同。此外，正如判例法所示，法院将考虑的因素范围似乎正在扩大。特别是在 21 世纪，由于技术进步的空前速度，在技术进步案例中使用这一原则的必要性得到了加强。因此，需要说明性的例子来为该原则的应用提供确定性和可预测性。本文旨在完成这一任务。它将审查三种类型的技术进步案例，以了解该原则近年来在技术背景下的应用情况。