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Understanding Common Law Legislation : Drafting and Interpretation
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There are many countries that use and apply the common law, which collectively may be called the common law world. A feature of this world is that nowadays it largely operates through statutes enacted by a country's democratic legislature, and that these mainly fall to be construed according to a uniform system of rules, presumptions, principles and canons evolved over centuries by common law judges. The statutes subject to this interpretative regime may be called common law statutes. They are the main subject of this book, along with the said uniform system. The book distills and updates within a brief compass the author's published writings on statute law and statutory interpretation which span a period of nearly forty years, being contained in half a dozen books and many more articles. The chief books are Statute Law (Longman, third edition 1990), Halsbury's Laws of England, Title Statutes (Butterworths, 4th edition reissue 1995), and Statutory Interpretation (Butterworths, third edition 1997, supplement 1999). Since its first publication in 1984, the last named work has also been updated each year in the All England Law Reports Annual Review (Butterworths).
About the Author
F.A.R. Bennion was formerly one of the Parliamentary Counsel, responsible for drafting British legislation. His drafting work includes, among much constitutional and other legislation, the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. As a constitutional lawyer, he has also advised at various times the governments of Pakistan, Ghana, Jamaica, and Gibraltar. He drafted constitutions for Pakistan (1956) and Ghana (1959-1961) on those countries attaining the status of independent republics. He was also formerly law tutor at St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford, and is still a member of the University's law faculty.
Reviews
`Francis Bennion brings with him years of experience in legislative drafting ... The treatment is uniformly illuminating, and the style is homely.' The Commonwealth Lawyer
`Readers who have come to expect a degree of iconoclasm from Francis Bennion will not be disappointed. he includes the occasional throwaway line which reverberates. All this serves only to increase the pleasure of reading the book: it never affects the careful objectivity which Bennion brings to bear on his subject.' Law Quarterly Review Vol. 118, July 2002
`... fascinating and entertaining ... The text is clear and accessible, enlivened by examples and enhanced by chapter summaries.' New Law Journal, 8 Feb 2002
Book Details
Understanding Common Law Legislation : Drafting and Interpretation
by Francis Bennion
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 17, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199247773
ISBN-13: 978-0199247776
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,384,285 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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There are many countries that use and apply the common law, which collectively may be called the common law world. A feature of this world is that nowadays it largely operates through statutes enacted by a country's democratic legislature, and that these mainly fall to be construed according to a uniform system of rules, presumptions, principles and canons evolved over centuries by common law judges. The statutes subject to this interpretative regime may be called common law statutes. They are the main subject of this book, along with the said uniform system. The book distills and updates within a brief compass the author's published writings on statute law and statutory interpretation which span a period of nearly forty years, being contained in half a dozen books and many more articles. The chief books are Statute Law (Longman, third edition 1990), Halsbury's Laws of England, Title Statutes (Butterworths, 4th edition reissue 1995), and Statutory Interpretation (Butterworths, third edition 1997, supplement 1999). Since its first publication in 1984, the last named work has also been updated each year in the All England Law Reports Annual Review (Butterworths).
About the Author
F.A.R. Bennion was formerly one of the Parliamentary Counsel, responsible for drafting British legislation. His drafting work includes, among much constitutional and other legislation, the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. As a constitutional lawyer, he has also advised at various times the governments of Pakistan, Ghana, Jamaica, and Gibraltar. He drafted constitutions for Pakistan (1956) and Ghana (1959-1961) on those countries attaining the status of independent republics. He was also formerly law tutor at St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford, and is still a member of the University's law faculty.
Reviews
`Francis Bennion brings with him years of experience in legislative drafting ... The treatment is uniformly illuminating, and the style is homely.' The Commonwealth Lawyer
`Readers who have come to expect a degree of iconoclasm from Francis Bennion will not be disappointed. he includes the occasional throwaway line which reverberates. All this serves only to increase the pleasure of reading the book: it never affects the careful objectivity which Bennion brings to bear on his subject.' Law Quarterly Review Vol. 118, July 2002
`... fascinating and entertaining ... The text is clear and accessible, enlivened by examples and enhanced by chapter summaries.' New Law Journal, 8 Feb 2002
Book Details
Understanding Common Law Legislation : Drafting and Interpretation
by Francis Bennion
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 17, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199247773
ISBN-13: 978-0199247776
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,384,285 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Common-Law-Legislation-Interpretation/dp/0199247773/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205312414&sr=1-1
