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Latest additions to this site
'Farewell to the Blasphemy
Laws' (21 Jul)
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Review of What
About Law? Studying Law at University (10 Jul)
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Prime Minister Decides Prosecution Policy
On Knives (26 Jun)
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Offences by Children: the Mental Element
(20 Jun)
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Poor quality of Bill for extending 28-day
charging period (Jun 17)
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Is Law Still A Learned Profession? (23 May)
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Bennion's NESSSI method updated (21 May)
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Brian hunt review
(16 May)
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About Francis Bennion . . .
Born 2 January 1923 in Cheshire, England, non-award
winning FB remains active as a writer and academic. At his Devon home, using the internet,
he writes or updates his law books and articles, does occasional broadcasts, and, with
over 100 letters in the Times, 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 an 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 served 14 years
in the Westminster Parliamentary Counsel Office drafting Acts of Parliament.
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 and wrote Professional Ethics.
He has also written a book on sexual ethics.
In 1971-72 FB brought a private prosecution against
Peter Hain (now a cabinet minister). After a 10-day Old Bailey trial Hain was convicted
of criminal conspiracy to organise illegal direct action protests.
In 1984 FB published his main work, Statutory
Interpretation. The fifth edition of this, totalling 1500 pages, will be published
in 2007.
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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