Subjects:

Constitutional and Administrative Law

Contents:

Part 1: The Nature of Legislation

Concepts and classes

Acts of Parliament

Subordinate legislation

Devolved legislation

Part 2: The Legislative Process

Primary legislation

Subordinate legislation

Devolved legislation

Drafting of legislation

Access to legislation

Part 3: The Effect of Legislation

Timing

Extent and application

Statutory rights, powers and duties

Statutory corporations

Effect on other law

Errors in legislation

Part 4: Interpretation of Legislation

Introduction to statutory interpretation

The cardinal rule: construction according to plain meaning

Literal or purposive interpretation

Rebuttable presumptions of construction

Other canons and principles of construction

Expressions which change meaning over time

The Interpretation Act 1978

Other general interpretation provisions

Other specific interpretation provisions

Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998

Use of parts of legislation other than text for construction

Use of extraneous materials in construing legislation

The rule in Pepper v Hart

Interpretation of special kinds of legislation

Part 5: European Legislation

Nature of European Legislation

The legislative process

Effect and interpretation

A Practitioner's Guide to the Nature, Process, Effect and Interpretation of Legislation

When it comes to understanding and applying legislation of all kinds, as well as practical information about the legislative process itself, you will find the new 9th edition of Craies on Legislation contains all the information needed.

Craies on Legislation is a practical guide to the nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation in the United Kingdom. It deals extensively with how to interpret and apply legislation for the purposes of everyday work as well as covering much more. The new edition covers questions of the timing of legislation, retrospectivity, the extent and application of legislation, the consequences of new legislation on existing law and the effect of an error in legislation.

Ensuring that you are working from the most up-to-date reference source this essential book covers acts of Parliament, rules, regulations, orders, other subordinate legislation, devolved legislation of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and European legislation.

Whether you are a solicitor, barrister, judge or studying towards your law qualification you will often be confronted with difficult questions when interpreting a piece of legislation, and this work will provide the answers to these questions. Whether you have to administer, advise or adjudicate on a piece of legislation, this book gives you the tools needed to do this successfully.

The authoritative work on the various kinds of primary and subordinate legislation:

• The definitive work on the various kinds of legislation giving practical guidance on how it is made, what its effect is and how it can be applied and interpreted;
• Provides a thorough understanding of how to accurately interpret legislation and successfully apply it to every day work;
• Gives the tools to administer, advise, argue or adjudicate on a piece of legislation;
• Provides answers to questions that are likely to occur to the users of legislation;
• Describes the legislative process, including important innovations such as legislative reform orders and Public Bill Committees;
• Provides concise quotation from judicial decisions and other relevant documents;
• Includes a practical guide to drafting, for legislative and other legal purposes;
• Explores issues about the extent and application of legislation, including issues such as the consequences of new legislation on existing law and the effect of errors in legislation;
• Covers questions of the timing of legislation including technical issues such as retrospectivity;
• Covers Acts of Parliament, rules, regulations, orders, other subordinate legislation, devolved legislation of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and European legislation;
• Examines the different rules of statutory interpretation and the consequences of the Human Rights Act 1998 s.3 on statutory interpretation;
• Looks at the consequences of the rule in Pepper v Hart and the case law developing from that decision;
• Describes recent trends in statutory interpretation, including purposive and contextual construction;
• Follows recent developments in particular areas of legislation, such as burdens of proof in criminal legislation and constitutional legislation;
• Includes coverage of European legislation, including examining the nature of European legislation, its effect and interpretation documents;

Up-to-date relevant information
The new 9th edition of Craies on Legislation has been updated and includes new coverage:

• Takes into consideration all new legal developments, in particular a considerable number of cases concerning s3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and developments and cases around the House of Lords decision in Pepper v. Hart.
• The material on Statutory Instruments is restructured and expanded.

Daniel Greenberg is a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, and Parliamentary Draftsman at the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. He is also the editor of Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases.