Statutory interpretation : a code
/ F. A. R. Bennion
- 3rd ed.
- London : Butterworths, 1997
- clxxxv, 1092 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes index
Division One - Interpreter, Instrument and Enactment. Division Two - The Legal Meaning of an Enactment. Division Three- Rules of Construction. Division Four - Interpretative Principles Derived from Legal Policy. Division Five - Interpretative Presumptions based on the Nature of Legislation. Division Six - Linguistic Canons of Construction. Division Seven - The European Union.
This text shows how to assess legislative intention based on the binding rules, on principles derived from general policy, on presumptions as to what Parliament had in mind, and on linguistic canons of construction.