Thinking about statutes : interpretation, interaction, improvement / Andrew Burrows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrows, A. S. (Andrew S.), author.

Series:

Hamlyn lectures

The Hamlyn lectures 2017

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statutes--England.

Statutes.

Law--England--Interpretation and construction.

Law.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 133 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

We are in the age of statutes; and it is indisputable that statutes are swallowing up the common law. Yet the study of statutes as a coherent whole is rare. In these three lectures, given as the 2017 Hamlyn Lecture series, Professor Andrew Burrows takes on the challenge of thinking seriously and at a practical level about statutes in English law. In his characteristically lively and punchy style, he examines three central aspects which he labels interpretation, interaction and improvement. So how are statutes interpreted? Is statutory interpretation best understood as seeking to effect the intention of Parliament or is that an unhelpful fiction? Can the common law be developed by analogy to statutes? Do the judges have too much power in developing the common law and in interpreting statutes? How can our statutes be improved? These and many other questions are explored and answered in this accessible and thought-provoking analysis.

Contents:

The hamlyn trust

The hamlyn lectures

Preface and acknowledgements

Thinking about statutes : interpretation, interaction, improvement

Hamlyn lectures 2017

Statutory interpretation

The interaction between common law and statute

Improving statutes

List of statutes

List of cases.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jul 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108565981

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.