Craies on Legislation

Craies on Legislation is the complete practitioners' guide to the nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation. It is regularly cited to and by the higher courts, and it is relied upon by lawyers in the public and private sectors for shedding light on the widest range of questions in relation to how legislation is made, applied, challenged and interpreted.

This new edition features:

• New material on emergency legislation, including rule of law lessons from COVID-19 legislation
• Validation legislation
• New judicial applications of old presumptions and principles
• Consideration of secret law
• Supreme Court codification of principles of interpretation
• Changes in treatment of EU-derived legislation

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PART 1

THE NATURE OF LEGISLATION

• Chapter 1 Concepts and Classes
• Chapter 2 Acts of Parliament
• Chapter 3 Subordinate Legislation: Introduction
• Chapter 4 Devolved Legislation

PART 2

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

• Chapter 5 Primary Legislation
• Chapter 6 Subordinate Legislation
• Chapter 7 Devolved Legislation
• Chapter 8 Drafting of Legislation
• Chapter 9 Access to Legislation

PART 3

THE EFFECT OF LEGISLATION

• Chapter 10 Timing
• Chapter 11 Extent and Application
• Chapter 12 Statutory Rights, Powers and Duties
• Chapter 13 Statutory Corporations
• Chapter 14 Effect on Other Law
• Chapter 15 Errors in Legislation

PART 4

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION

• Chapter 16 Introduction to Statutory Interpretation
• Chapter 17 The Cardinal Rule: Construction According to Plain Meaning
• Chapter 18 Literal or Purposive Interpretation
• Chapter 19 Rebuttable Presumptions of Construction
• Chapter 20 Other Canons and Principles of Construction
• Chapter 21 Expressions which Change Meaning Over Time
• Chapter 22 Interpretation Acts
• Chapter 23 Other General Interpretation Provisions
• Chapter 24 Other Specific Interpretation Provisions
• Chapter 25 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998
• Chapter 26 Use of Parts of Legislation Other than Text for Construction
• Chapter 27 Use of Extraneous Material in Construing Legislation
• Chapter 28 The Rule in Pepper v Hart
• Chapter 29 Interpretation of Special Kinds of Legislation
• Chapter 30 Interpretation of Documents Other than Legislation

PART 5

EUROPEAN LEGISLATION

• Chapter 31 Nature of European Legislation
• Chapter 32 The Legislative Process
• Chapter 33 Effect and Interpretation

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