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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108465781
ISBN-139781108465786
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038692379
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameThinking about Statutes : Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
SubjectGovernment / General, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrew Burrows
Subject AreaLaw
SeriesThe Hamlyn Lectures
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight7.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2018-015381
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal349.42
Table Of Content1. Statutory interpretation; 2. The interaction between common law and statute; 3. Improving statutes.
SynopsisThis series of Hamlyn Lectures examines the topic of statute law from three distinct points of view: interpretation, interaction and improvement. It will appeal to law students, both undergraduate and graduate, political scientists, practising lawyers, and readers with a general interest in law., 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.
LC Classification NumberKD691.B87 2018
