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The Legal Age of Discretion
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Separation of Powers: the
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Zealous child protection
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About Francis Bennion . . .
Born 2 January 1923 in
Cheshire, England, FB remains active as a writer and academic.
At his Devon home, using the internet, he writes or updates his
books and articles, does occasional broadcasts, and, with around
150 letters
in the Times, as well as many in other
newspapers and journals, spreads his opinions on many matters of public
concern. Since 1984 he has been a research associate of the Oxford
University Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.
During World War II,
FB served as a volunteer RAF pilot. He then read law at Balliol
and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple. He became law
tutor at St Edmund Hall Oxford, last of the medieval halls. He
then practised at the Bar in common law and human rights cases.
Later he served 14 years in the Westminster Parliamentary Counsel
Office drafting Acts of Parliament for the British Government.
In 1956 FB drafted the
constitution by which Pakistan became a republic. Then in 1960
he drafted the constitution by which Ghana became a republic.
His first book, explaining the Ghana
constitution, followed in
1962.
In the 1960s FB served
as chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
(RICS)and wrote Professional Ethics. He has also written a book
on sexual ethics.
In 1971-72 FB brought
a private prosecution against Peter Hain. After a 10-day Old
Bailey trial Hain was convicted of criminal conspiracy to organise
illegal direct action protests. His appeal was rejected.
In 1984 FB published
his main work, Statutory Interpretation. The fifth edition of
this, totalling over 1700 pages, was published in 2008.
FB has founded or co-founded
various bodies including the World of Property Housing Trust,
Towards One World, the Professional Association of Teachers,
the Statute Law Society, the Statute Law Trust, Freedom Under
Law, the Dicey Trust, and the Areopagitica Educational Trust.
FB’s books
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