Thinking about statutes : interpretation, interaction, improvement / Andrew Burrows.
2018
KD691 .B87 2018 (Mapit)
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Thinking about statutes : interpretation, interaction, improvement / Andrew Burrows.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Description
xxx, 133 pages ; 22 cm.
Series
Hamlyn lectures ; 2017.
Formatted Contents Note
Statutory interpretation
The interaction between common law and statute
Improving statutes.
The interaction between common law and statute
Improving statutes.
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, [the author] 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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
KD691 .B87 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781108475013 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1108475019 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781108465786 paperback ; alkaline paper
1108465781 paperback ; alkaline paper
1108475019 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781108465786 paperback ; alkaline paper
1108465781 paperback ; alkaline paper
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