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Bennion Francis

Understanding common law legislation : Drafting and interpretation/ Francis Bennion - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2004, - 237p xxii

Contents
1. Basic concepts I: common law statutes;
the enactment;
legal meaning;
factual outline and legal thrust;
implied ancillary rules;
2. Basic concepts II: opposing constructions literal, purposive and developmental interpretations;
3. Grammatical and strained meanings;
4. Consequential and rectifying constructions;
5. Contradictory enactments and updating construction;
6. Drafting techniques and the Interpretation Act;
7. Transitional provisions and the Cohen question;
8. Words in pairs;
9. Rules of interpretation;
10. Legal policy;
11. Interpretative presumptions;
12. Linguistic canons and interpretative technique;
13. The nature of judgment;
14. The nature of discretion;
15. The European Union and the HRA;
16. The jurisprudential basis of the common law method;
17. The common law system in America;
18. Techniques of law management

ISBN: 0195669037

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statutes - Law - Interpretation & Construction - Legislation

Dewey Class. No.: 328.3 BEN