- Hardcover: 237 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford (18 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199247773
- ISBN-13: 978-0199247776
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,217,695 in Books (See Top 100 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 Bennion on Statutory Interpretation (LexisNexis Butterworths, fifth edition 2008). 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).
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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.
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.
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Format:Hardcover
I am extremely satisfied with this book. It is well written and a useful resource for the new and upstarting lawyer as well as for the freshman law student. It is a good introduction to what the studying and use of law is all about. It focuses on the tools of "actual lawyering". It introduces the young lawyer to the tools needed to understand how to address facts to arrive at plausibility. Unlike other textbooks on the subjects, the reader is introduced to the canons and aids to interpretation and also is taken through a short course on how to use them in actual situations in practice; exactly what a young lawyer needs.
The book is all about what you are not well taught in law school, but are expected to pick up in practice. It provides a good foundation upon which to build legal intellect. A must for everyone hoping to read law. After reading this book, you should be comfortable with what "lawyering skills" is all about.
The book is all about what you are not well taught in law school, but are expected to pick up in practice. It provides a good foundation upon which to build legal intellect. A must for everyone hoping to read law. After reading this book, you should be comfortable with what "lawyering skills" is all about.
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I bought this book to try to comprehend and understand what the Law is all about from the Legislators POV.
Well written,easy to grasp fundamentals of the law in it's draft format.
I am sure there are far weightier tomes on Law and it's drafting and legislation but this seems to give a good outline of the process.
All in all,not a bad read.
Well written,easy to grasp fundamentals of the law in it's draft format.
I am sure there are far weightier tomes on Law and it's drafting and legislation but this seems to give a good outline of the process.
All in all,not a bad read.
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