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1990.002 - BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition)

 

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BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition) - This authoritive and heavily cited reference book is now out of print. Francis Bennion has however made it available here in electronic form. The main text can be downloaded either in four separate Parts or in 23 chapters. Files are in Adobe pdf file format and you will need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader software installed in order to read them. If you do not already have a copy you can obtain one by clicking on the "Acrobat Reader" button on this page's sidebar. (Please note that some of the files are large though none exceed one megabyte.)

 

1990.002.00a Dedication

1990.002.00b Title

 

1990.002.00c Contents (P v)

 

1990.002.00d Prefaces (P vii)

 

1990.002.00e Table of Cases (P xiii)

1990.002.00f Table of Statutes (P xxix)

1990.002.00g Table of Statutory Instruments (P xl)

 

1990.002.001 Introduction (P 1)

 

1990.002.008 Part I Statutory Texts (P 8)

1990.002.009 Chapter 1 What statute law is (P 9)

1990.002.020 Chapter 2 The drafting of legislation (P 20)

1990.002.041 Chapter 3 The arrangement of an Act of Parliament (P 41)

1990.002.053 Chapter 4 Statutory instruments (P 53)

1990.002.059 Chapter 5 Legislation of the European Communities (P 59)

1990.002.066 Chapter 6 Statute consolidation and revision (P 66)

1990.002.078 Chapter Official publication of statutory texts (P 78)

 

1990.002.082 Part II Statutory Interpretation (P 82)

1990.002.083 Chapter 8 The technique of statutory interpretation (P 83)

1990.002.104 Chapter 9 Legislative intention I:rules of construction (P 104)

1990.002.136 Chapter 10 Legislative intention II:principles derived from legal policy (P 136)

1990.002.158 Chapter 11 Legislative intention III:presumptions from nature of legislation (P 158)

1990.002.187 Chapter 12 Legislative intention IV:linguistic canons of construction (P 187)

 

1990.002.208 Part III The Need for Processing of Texts(P 208)

1990.002.209 Chapter 13 Difficulties of the statute user (P 209)

1990.002.217 Chapter 14 Vices that block comprehension (P 217)

1990.002.230 Chapter 15 Doubt-factor I: ellipsis (P 230)

1990.002.237 Chapter 16 Doubt-factor II: the broad term (P 237)

1990.002.248 Chapter 17 Doubt-factor III: politic uncertainty (P 248)

1990.002.252 Chapter 18 Doubt-factor IV: the unforeseeable development (P 252)

1990.002.255 Chapter 19 Doubt-factor V: the fallible drafter (P 255)

 

1990.002.282 Part IV Dynamic and Static Processing of Texts (P 282)

1990.002.283 Chapter 20 The nature of dynamic processing (P 283)

1990.002.288 Chapter 21 Dynamic processing: the administrative processor (P 288)

1990.002.297 Chapter 22 Dynamic processing: the judicial processor (P 297)

1990.002.325 Chapter 23 Static processing of texts (P 325)

 

1990.002.342 Appendices (P 342)

1990.002.343 Appendix A Draft Processing Bill (P 343)

1990.002.346 Appendix B Illustration of the Composite Restatement Method (P 346)

 

1990.002.350 Statute Law references (P 350)

 

1990.002.357 Index (P 357)

 

1990.002.999 Back Cover