Francis Bennion - Statutory Interpretation publishing details

The need for this book arises from the fact that the majority of cases nowadays turn on the disputed legal meaning of some enactment. In his 1983 Hamlyn lectures, the then Lord Chancellor Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone said that over nine out of ten cases heard before the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords involve the meaning of words contained in enactments of primary or secondary legislation. This applies also in the lower courts. The difficulties have got worse since 1983, and increased further when the Human Rights Act 1998 was brought into full operation on 2 October 2000.

The book was first published in 1984. Its reception by the legal profession can be seen from Reviews, where Lord Justice Sedley said it 'substitutes for the conventional categories a series of derived principles and propositions which make it possible often to crack a problem of interpretation by approaching it laterally'.

Publishing History

First edition 1984 (1984.001 Book 10)

Supplement to first edition 1989 (1989.002 Book 18)

Second edition 1992 (1992.001 Book 24)

First supplement to second edition 1993 (1993.004 Book 27)

Second supplement to second edition (cumulative) 1995 (1995.004 Book 31)

Third edition 1997 (1997.002 Book 35)

Supplement to third edition 1999 (1999.023 Book 38)

Fourth edition 2002 (2002.003 Book 42)

Supplement to fourth edition 2005 (2005.057 Book 54)

Fifth edition 2008 (2008.013 Book 57)

Additional updating each year in All England Law Reports Annual Review.

Publishing details

	Title	Bennion on Statutory Interpretation
	Subtitle	A Code
	ISBN	13 9781405718684
	Type of book	Hardback
	Number of Volumes	1
	Number of Pages	cclxvii + 1579
	Name of Publisher	LexisNexis
	Address of Publisher	35 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EL
	Date of publication	2008
	Reprinted	No
	Current edition	5th
	Previous editions	1st 1984, 2nd 1992, 3rd 1997, 4th 2002
	Supplements	None
	Current availability	Available