Francis Bennion's writings from 1990-1999

Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1990
1990.001	Book 20	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1989 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1990.002	Book 21	BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (SL) (3rd edn)	Publishing Details
.	00a	SL - Dedication	BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition, 1990) - This authoritative and heavily-cited law book is out of print. Francis Bennion however now makes it available in electronic form from here without charge. Each portion of the book is downloadable as an Adobe pdf file by clicking the links in the adjacent column. (Please note that some of the files are large though none exceeds one megabyte.) For details of the book, reviews, etc. click the first link on the left. ---------- BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition, 1990) - This authoritative and heavily-cited law book is out of print. Francis Bennion however now makes it available in electronic form from here without charge. Each portion of the book is downloadable as an Adobe pdf file by clicking the links in the adjacent column. (Please note that some of the files are large though none exceeds one megabyte.) For details of the book, reviews, etc. click the first link on the left. ---------- BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition, 1990) - This authoritative and heavily-cited law book is out of print. Francis Bennion however now makes it available in electronic form from here without charge. Each portion of the book is downloadable as an Adobe pdf file by clicking the links in the adjacent column. (Please note that some of the files are large though none exceeds one megabyte.) For details of the book, reviews, etc. click the first link on the left. ---------- BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition, 1990) - This authoritative and heavily-cited law book is out of print. Francis Bennion however now makes it available in electronic form from here without charge. Each portion of the book is downloadable as an Adobe pdf file by clicking the links in the adjacent column. (Please note that some of the files are large though none exceeds one megabyte.) For details of the book, reviews, etc. click the first link on the left. ---------- BENNION ON STATUTE LAW (3rd edition, 1990) - This authoritative and heavily-cited law book is out of print. Francis Bennion however now makes it available in electronic form from here without charge. Each portion of the book is downloadable as an Adobe pdf file by clicking the links in the adjacent column. (Please note that some of the files are large though none exceeds one megabyte.) For details of the book, reviews, etc. click the first link on the left. ----------
.	00b	SL - Title etc.
.	00c	SL - Contents
.	contents	SL - Contents
.	00d	SL - Prefaces
.	00e	SL - Table of Cases
.	00f	SL- Table of Statutes
.	00g	SL - Table of Statututory Instruments
.	001	SL - Introduction
.	intro	SL - Introduction
.	008	SL - Part I - Statutory Texts
.	part1	SL - Part I - Statutory Texts
.	009	Pt I Ch 1 -What statute law is
.	ch1	Pt I Ch 1 -What statute law is
.	020	Pt I Ch 2 -The drafting of legislation
.	ch2	Pt I Ch 2 -The drafting of legislation
.	041	Pt I Ch 3 -The arrangement of an Act of Parliament
.	ch3	Pt I Ch 3 -The arrangement of an Act of Parliament
.	053	Pt I Ch 4 -Statutory instruments
.	ch4	Pt I Ch 4 -Statutory instruments
.	059	Pt I Ch 5 -Legislation of the European Communities
.	ch5	Pt I Ch 5 -Legislation of the European Communities
.	066	Pt I Ch 6 -Statute consolidation and revision
.	ch6	Pt I Ch 6 -Statute consolidation and revision
.	078	Pt I Ch 7 -Official publication of statutory texts
.	ch7	Pt I Ch 7 -Official publication of statutory texts
.	082	SL - Part II -Statutory Interpretation
.	part2	SL - Part II -Statutory Interpretation
.	083	Pt II Ch 8 -The technique of statutory interpretation
.	ch8	Pt II Ch 8 -The technique of statutory interpretation
.	104	Pt II Ch 9 -Legislative intention I: rules of construction
.	ch9	Pt II Ch 9 -Legislative intention I: rules of construction
.	136	Pt II Ch 10 -Legislative intention II: principles derived from legal policy
.	ch10
.	158	Pt II Ch 11 -Legislative intention III: presumptions derived from the nature of legislation
.	ch11
.	187	Pt II Ch 12 -Legislative intention IV: linguistic canons of construction
.	ch12
.	208	SL - Part III -The Need for Processing of Texts
.	part3	SL - Part III -The Need for Processing of Texts
.	209	Pt III Ch 13 -Difficulties of the statute user
.	ch13	Pt III Ch 13 -Difficulties of the statute user
.	217	Pt III Ch 14 -Vices that block comprehension
.	ch14	Pt III Ch 14 -Vices that block comprehension
.	230	Pt III Ch 15 -Doubt-factor I: ellipsis
.	ch15	Pt III Ch 15 -Doubt-factor I: ellipsis
.	237	Pt III Ch 16 -Doubt-factor II: the broad term
.	ch16	Pt III Ch 16 -Doubt-factor II: the broad term
.	248	Pt III Ch 17 -Doubt-factor III: politic uncertainty
.	ch17	Pt III Ch 17 -Doubt-factor III: politic uncertainty
.	252	Pt III Ch 18 -Doubt-factor IV: the unforeseeable development
.	ch18
.	255	Pt III Ch 19 -Doubt-factor V: the fallible drafter
.	ch19	Pt III Ch 19 -Doubt-factor V: the fallible drafter
.	282	SL - Part IV -Dynamic and Static Processing of Texts
.	part4	SL - Part IV -Dynamic and Static Processing of Texts
.	283	Pt IV Ch 20 -The nature of dynamic processing
.	ch20	Pt IV Ch 20 -The nature of dynamic processing
.	288	Pt IV Ch 21 -Dynamic processing: the administrative processor
.	ch21
.	297	Pt IV Ch 22 -Dynamic processing: the judicial processor
.	ch22	Pt IV Ch 22 -Dynamic processing: the judicial processor
.	325	Pt IV Ch 23 -Static processing of texts
.	ch23	Pt IV Ch 23 -Static processing of texts
.	342	SL - Appendices
.	appends	SL - Appendices
.	343	App A -Draft processing Bill
.	apa	App A -Draft processing Bill
.	346	App B -Illustration of the Composite Restatement method
.	apb	App B -Illustration of the Composite Restatement method
.	350	SL - Table of References
.	357	SL - Index
.	index	SL - Index
.	999	SL - Back cover
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1990.003	.	‘Pedestrians and Motor Roads. A Walk On the Wild Side’	6/10 Walk (J of Ped A) Spring 1990 32
1990.004	.	‘Northern Ireland: Four Fatal Errors’	Ulster Conservatives Mainland Support Group, 24 Jul 1990
1990.005	.	‘Support Group for Ulster Conservatives’	.
1990.006	.	‘The Treatment of Blasphemy in English Law’	Lecture delivered at St Edmund Hall Oxford on 13 Mar 1990
1990.007	.	The founding of the World of Property Housing Trust (now Sanctuary housing)	.
1990.008	T053L	Ulster ruled by political parties it didn’t elect	The Times,
1990.009	T054L	IRA murder of Ian Gow MP	The Times, 1 Aug 1990
1990.010	T055L	Why not treat Conservatives as an Ulster political party?	The Times, 16 Oct 1990
1990.011	.	‘The BBC and bucking the trend’	Letter to Marmaduke Hussey (BBC)
1990.012	DT008L	‘A European federation’	Daily Telegraph, 1 May 1990
1990.013	DT009L	‘Ian Gow and Ulster integration’	Daily Telegraph, 3 Aug 1990
1990.014	DT010L	‘More on Ulster integration’	Daily Telegraph, 12 Sep 1990
1990.015	DT011L	‘Prince Charles’s role’	Daily Telegraph, 27 Sep 1990
1990.016	DT012L	‘Tory leadership election 1990’	Daily Telegraph, 8 Nov 1990
1990.017	.	Review of The Law-making Process	3rd edition by Michael Zander, 134 SJ 2 (12 Jan 1990) p.44
1990.018	ES001L	No split on Ethical Code of Positive Sexuality	London Evening Standard, 6 Feb 1990
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1991
1991.001	Book 22	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1990 (chapter entitled 'Statute Law')	Published by Butterworths
1991.002	.	‘A Grocer in Oxford Street’	COUNSEL Apr 1991
1991.003	.	Pedestrians in country lanes (letter)	6/15 Walk (J of Ped A) Autumn/Winter 1991 33
1991.004	.	Statute Law reform (letter)	Counsel Jul 1991
1991.005	Book 23	THE SEX CODE	Publishing Details
	295	The 60 precepts
1991.006	T056L	Keeping the common law up to date	The Times, 31 Oct 1991
1991.007	DT013L	‘Local taxation’	Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb 1991
1991.008	DT014L	‘Compensation for the Birmingham Six’	Daily Telegraph, 25 Mar 1991
1991.009	.	“Rushdie ‘not worth defending’”	News Release, Embargo 22.00 hours 2 Jan 1991
1991.010	SLR003A	Review of Crown Office Proceedings by Richard Gordon	Statute Law Review, Summer 1991, 12, pp 84-85
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1992
1992.001	Book 24	STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (2nd edn)	Publishing Details
1992.002	Book 25	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1991 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1992.003	T057L	Consent to a private prosecution	The Times, 24 Aug 1992
1992.004	T058L	Licensing of homicide by judges	The Times, 23 Nov 1992
1992.005	.	‘Does God Know Me?’	Interview with the Bishop of Oxford
1992.006	.	Independence of the Law Commission	SJ Jun 1992
1992.007	.	Inserting implied words in Acts	SJ Aug 1992
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1993
1993.001	.	‘The readership of legal texts’	Clarity 27 Apr 1993 18
1993.002	Book 26	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1992 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1993.003	SLR004A	‘Hansard - help or hindrance? A draftsman’s view of Pepper v Hart’	Stat LR (Winter 1993) 14, p.149 - 162
1993.004	Book 27	STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (2nd edn First Supplement)	Publishing Details
1993.005	.	‘Statute law reform - is anybody listening?’ (An updated version of 1989(05))	Clarity 29 Dec 1993 19
1993.006	.	The need for training in statutory interpretation	143 NLJ 8 Jan, 12 Mar 1993
1993.007	.	‘Legal Death of Brain-Damaged Persons’	[1993] NILQ 269
1993.008	.	‘Legal Death of Brain-Damaged Persons’ (letter)	LSG May 1993
1993.009	.	‘Legal Death of Brain-Damaged Persons’ (evidence)	Evidence to the HL Select Committee (unpublished)
1993.010	DT015L	‘The nudity taboo’	Daily Telegraph, 22 Jan 1993
1993.011	DT016L	‘Salman Rushdie refuses to use the law’	Daily Telegraph, 18 Feb 1993
1993.012	DT017L	‘BBC Director General as a corporation’	Daily Telegraph, 8 Apr 1993
1993.013	Video	Text of TV broadcast on BBC2 ‘Scrutiny’ programme	Broadcast on BBC2 on 20 Mar 1993. Text published only on this web site
1993.014	.	‘The author’s voice’	The Author, Summer 1993
1993.015	.	'Is the Companies Act 1985 s 156(2) ambiguous?'	SJ 7 May 1993
1993.016	.	'The difference between paedophilia and pederasty'	SJ 23 Jul 1993
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1994
1994.001	Book 28	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1993 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1994.002	.	‘Judicial decisions: a riposte’	Clarity 30 Mar 1994 31
1994.003	SLR005A	‘The Law Commission’s Criminal Law Bill: no way to draft a code’	Stat LR (1994) 15, pp.108 - 115
1994.004	SLR006A	If it’s not broke don’t fix it: review of the NZ LC’s proposals on the format of legislation’	Stat LR (1994) 15, pp.164 - 169
1994.005	Book 29	‘Teaching law management’ in REVIEWING LEGAL EDUCATION	ed Peter Birks OUP, Publishing Details
1994.006	.	‘Want to know the law? - it’ll cost you’	Times 26 Jul 1994
1994.007	NH001A	‘That fallacious “Golden Rule”’	New Humanist Vol. 109 No. 1 (1994)
1994.008	.	Law Texts and Legislative History’ Paper for Conference on Legal Drafting	Ottawa 1994
1994.009	T059L	Humanist morality	The Times, 13 May 1994
1994.010	T060L	Should we have a ‘not proven’ verdict?	The Times, 6 Sep 1994.
1994.011	.	‘Widening the aims of legal clarity reformers’	Clarity 1994
1994.012	.	(1) Clarity of inquest verdicts; (2) use of ‘summonsed’	.
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1995
1995.001	SLR007A	‘How they do things in France’: review of Written Law in France	Stat LR (1995) 16, p.90 - 97
1995.002	Book 30	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1994 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1995.003	.	‘How they all got it wrong in Pepper v Hart’	BTR (1995) 325
1995.004	Book 31	STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (2nd edn Second Supplement) (cumulative)	Publishing Details
1995.005	Book 32	HALSBURY’S LAWS OF ENGLAND (4th edn reissue) title Statutes (rewritten version)	Publishing Details
1995.006	.	‘Don’t put the law into public hands’	Times, 24 Dec 1995
1995.007	NH002A	‘Bitter roots or real books?’	New Humanist Vol. 110 No. 1 (1995)
1995.008	T061L	Can non-lawyers understand legislation?	The Times, 1 Feb 1995
1995.009	T062L	Pakistan threat to non-Islamic religions	The Times, 22 Feb 1995
1995.010	T063L	How bank holidays spread to neighbouring days	The Times, 5 Sep 1995
1995.011	T064L	Official failure to resist direct action militants	The Times, 20 Sep 1995
1995.012	T065L	Government interference with prosecution policy	The Times, 28 Dec 1995
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1996
1996.001	Book 33	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1995 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1996.002	SLR008A	‘Codifying the tort of breach of statutory duty’	Stat LR (1996) 17, p192-209
1996.003	.	The Salman Rushdie Fatwa (TV interview) (Also reported on the 'Hindu Vivek Kendra' website)	The Secularist Nov-Dec 1996
1996.004	NH003A	‘Struck by (bottled) lightning’	New Humanist Vol. 111 Nos. 3 & 4 (1996-1997)
1996.005	T066L	Using inexperienced legislative drafters	The Times, 5 Mar 1996
1996.006	T067L	Islam’s unlawful English parliament	The Times, 29 Apr 1996
1996.007	T068L	European court extends its own jurisdiction	The Times, 11 Jun 1996
1996.008	T069L	Goldsmith’s absurd referendum question	The Times, 30 Nov 1996
1996.009	.	‘Francis Bennion’s letters from Cyprus 1994 - 1996’	.
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1997
1997.001	Book 34	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1996 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1997.002	Book 35	STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (3rd edn)	Publishing Details
1997.003	T070L	Judicial officers must be ‘high-principled’	The Times, 8 Jan 1997
1997.004	T071L	MPs who will not take the oath	The Times, 16 May 1997
1997.005	T072L	Overruling of film censor by local authority	The Times, 4 Jun 1997
1997.006	T073L	Attack on Viscount Tonypandy	The Times, 22 Oct 1997
1997.007	T074L	Meaning of ‘public authority’ in Human Rights Bill	The Times, 8 Dec 1997
1997.008	DT018L	‘Tories and European Integration’	Daily Telegraph, 21 Jun 1997
1997.009	DT019L	‘Patten the last Hong Kong governor’	Daily Telegraph, 1 Jul 1997
1997.010	DT020L	‘Mo Mowlem admonished’	Daily Telegraph, 25 Jul 1997
1997.011	.	Statutory interpretation: there is no golden rule, mischief rule or literal rule,	147 NLJ 9 May 1997
1997.012	NLJ	Dolly the sheep and the legal meaning of a word	147 NLJ 16 May 1997
1997.013	.	Wayward Law Lords encourage sloppiness	147 NLJ 1 Aug 1997
1997.014	.	Plain English and correct legal terminology	147 NLJ 15 Aug 1997
1997.015	.	Judges invent a rule of ‘good public administration’	147 NLJ 19 Dec 1997
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1998
1998.001	.	‘Which sort of Human Rights Act?’	148 NLJ (1998) 488
1998.002	Book 36	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1997 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1998.003	JPN001A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 1’	162 JPN (1998) 356
1998.004	JPN002A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 2’	162 JPN (1998) 436
1998.005	.	Power to exclude an Act by contract 1	148 NLJ (1998) 953
1998.006	.	Power to exclude an Act by contract 2	148 NLJ (1998) 986
1998.007	JPN003A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 3’	162 JPN (1998) 516
1998.008	JPN004A	‘Yes, we do live in a democracy’	162 JPN (1998) 575
1998.009	JPN005A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 4’	162 JPN (1998) 596
1998.010	.	‘Rewriting history in the Court of Appeal’ [the Bentley case]	148 NLJ (1998) 1228
1998.011	JPN006A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 5’	162 JPN (1998) 696
1998.012	JPN007A	‘Local Government Finance: Is the Capping Regime Lawful?’	162 JPN 796
1998.013	.	‘Citation of unreported cases - a challenge’	148 NLJ (1998) 1520
1998.014	JPN008A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 6’	162 JPN (1998) 856
1998.015	JPN009A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 7’	162 JPN (1998) 995
1998.016	JPN001L	‘Statutory simplification’ (letter)	162 JPN (1998) 367
1998.017	JPN002L	‘Fractions of a day rule’ (letter)	162 JPN (1998) 701
1998.018	.	‘So Why Did The Oxen Need A Ford?’	Oxford Today, Michaelmas 1998, pp. 28-30
1998.019	T075L	New House of Lords should not be elected	The Times, 9 Mar 1998
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1998.020	T076L	New House of Lords should not be chosen like a jury	The Times, 9 Jun 1998
1998.021	T077L	Frank Field MP as a man of principle	The Times, 5 Aug 1998
1998.022	T078L	More objections to proportional representation	The Times, 5 Oct 1998
1998.023	.	Judges confuse long title and preamble (again)	148 NLJ 20 Mar 1998
1998.024	.	Multiculturalism: other passengers on the Clapham omnibus	148 NLJ 15 May 1998
1998.025	JPN001L	When Acts do not make new law	162 JPN (1998) 367
1998.026	JPN002L	Fractions of a day in law	162 JPN (1998) 701
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1999
1999.001	JPN010A	‘A Human Rights Act Provision Now in Force’	163 JPN(1999) 164
1999.002	.	Judicial usurpation of legislative power	149 NLJ (1999) 421
1999.003	JPN011A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 8’	163 JPN (1999) 264
1999.004	.	‘Multiple agreements under the Consumer Credit Act 1974’	CICC 1 (in 1976(04) releases 49 & 50)
1999.005	.	‘The Scottish and Welsh elections: a trial run of PR’ [Jenkins Report]	149 NLJ (1999) 634
1999.006	JPN012A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 9’	163 JPN 364
1999.007	.	‘The Human Rights Act 1998’	7 CLW 16/1999
1999.008	Book 37	THE ALL ENGLAND LAW REPORTS ANNUAL REVIEW 1998 (chapter entitled ‘Statute Law’)	Published by Butterworths
1999.009	.	Evidence on codifying parliamentary privilege	JC on Parl Priv HL Paper 43-III 30 Mar 1999
1999.010	.	‘Yes it’s true: PR equals fudge’ [Jenkins report contd]	149 NLJ (1999) 786
1999.011	JPN013A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 10’	163 JPN (1999) 484
1999.012	JPN014A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 11’	163 JPN (1999) 624
1999.013	.	‘Goodbye and good riddance to the GAAR?’	Tax P Aug 1999 10
1999.014	.	Legal meaning of ‘as of right’	149 NLJ (1999) 1296
1999.015	JPN015A	‘Threading the Legislative Maze 12’	163 JPN (1999) 683
1999.016	.	In Parliament 1 ‘Farewell to Richard Hudson’	149 NLJ (1999) 1654
1999.017	.	In Parliament 2 ‘Integrity and disability’	149 NLJ (1999) 1699
1999.018	.	‘Spouses partners and parenting’	149 NLJ (1999) 1701
1999.019	.	In Parliament 3 Abolition of hereditary peerage	149 NLJ (1999) 1735
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1999.020	.	In Parliament 4 ‘Reflections on the Queen’s Speech’	149 NLJ (1999) 1795
1999.021	.	In Parliament 5 Banning fur farming	149 NLJ (1999) 1834
1999.022	.	In Parliament 6 ‘Electronic Communications Bill’	149 NLJ (1999) 1870
1999.023	Book 38	STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (3rd edn Supplement)	Publishing Details
1999.024	.	In Parliament 7 Complications of human rights law	149 NLJ (1999) 1903
1999.025	JPN016A	‘Section 3(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998’	163 JPN (1999) 984
1999.026	JPN017A	‘Parental responsibilities: a misleading definition’ (letter)	163 JPN (1999) 246
1999.027	.	‘Who will fight for open courts?	.
1999.028	.	‘Should we apologise for slavery colonisation and imperialism?’	Oxford Times, 9 Jul 1999
1999.029	.	‘Addendum re multiple agreements’	CONSUMER CREDIT CONTROL via Release 50
1999.030	.	FB's reply to John Death's criticism of his article on PR	149.NLJ (1999) 848
1999.031	.	‘Current slavery in Sudan’	.
1999.032	T079L	More on judicial expansionism	The Times, 14 Apr 1999
1999.033	T080L	Delay in activating Human Rights Act 1998	The Times, 21 May 1999
1999.034	T081L	Should there be an English Parliament?	The Times, 10 Jun 1999
1999.035	T082L	Reliance on implication in legislation	The Times, 19 Jun 1999
1999.036	T083L	More on judicial expansionism	The Times, 26 Nov 1999
1999.037	.	‘The British Empire and slavery’	Letter to Evan Harris MP,
1999.038	.	Criminalising religious discrimination	149 NLJ (1999) 632
1999.039	.	Objections to proportional representation	149 NLJ (1999) 996, 1000
Doc. No.	Pub. No.	Title	Publication
1999.040	JPN003L	Parental rights	163 JPN (1999) 246
1999.041	JPN004L	Gay adoption	163 JPN (1999) 931

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