Craies on legislation : a practitioners' guide to the nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation / [edited by] Daniel Greenberg.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2017.

11th edition

87372

Legislation -- Great Britain.

Statutes -- Great Britain.

Law -- Interpretation and construction -- Great Britain.

PART 1: The nature of legislation

1. Concepts and classes

2. Acts of parliament

3. Subordinate legislation

4. Devolved legislation

PART 2: The legislative process

5. Primary legislation

6. Subordinate legislation

7. Devolved legislation

8. Drafting legislation

9. Access to legislation

PART 3: The effect of legislation

10. Timing

11. Extent and application

12. Statutory rights, powers and duties

13. Statutory corporations

14. Effect on other law

15. Errors in legislation

PART 4: Interpretation of legislation

16. Introduction to statutory interpretation

17. The cardinal rule : construction according to plain meaning

18. Literal or purposive interpretation

19. Rebuttable presumptions of construction

20. Other canons and principles of construction

21. Expressions which change meaning over time

22. The Interpretation Act 1978

23. Other general interpretation provisions

24. Other specific interpretation provisions

25. Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998

26. Use of parts of legislation other than text for construction

27. Use of extraneous materials in construing legislation

28. The rule in Pepper v Hart

29. Interpretation of special kinds of legislation

PART 5: European legislation

30. Nature of European legislation

31. The legislative process

32. Effect and interpretation.

"The volume and complexity of legislation, the establishment of the devolved legislatures, the influence of the European Union and use of secondary legislation all make it increasingly difficult for practitioners to know how to follow and apply, and sometimes challenge, the legislation that is relevant to their clients in every area of the law. Craies on Legislation is a practitioner's guide to the nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation." -- Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780414057203

xciv, 1261 pages ; 24 cm