Thinking about Statutes

Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement

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Andrew Burrows

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Series:

The Hamlyn lectures

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We are in the age of statutes; and it is indisputable that statutes are swallowing up the common law. Yet the study of statutes as a coherent whole is rare. In these three lectures, given as the 2017 Hamlyn Lecture series, Professor Andrew Burrows takes on the challenge of thinking seriously and at a practical level about statutes in English law. In his characteristically lively and punchy style, he examines three central aspects which he labels interpretation, interaction and improvement. So how are statutes interpreted? Is statutory interpretation best understood as seeking to effect the intention of Parliament or is that an unhelpful fiction? Can the common law be developed by analogy to statutes? Do the judges have too much power in developing the common law and in interpreting statutes? How can our statutes be improved? These and many other questions are explored and answered in this accessible and thought-provoking analysis.

Author Biography:

Andrew Burrows, QC (Hon), FBA, Barrister and Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple is Professor of the Law of England at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. He was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales (1994–99) and President of the Society of Legal Scholars (2016–17). His other books include Remedies for Torts and Breach of Contract (2005), The Law of Restitution (2011), A Restatement of the English Law of Unjust Enrichment (2012) and A Restatement of the English Law of Contract (2016). He is a joint author of Anson's Law of Contract (2016), the general editor of English Private Law and an editor of Chitty on Contracts (2016) and Clerk and Lindsell on Torts (2017).

Release date NZ

August 2nd, 2018

Author

Andrew Burrows

Series

The Hamlyn lectures

Pages

160

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Dimensions

143x222x13

ISBN-13

9781108475013

Product ID

27831861

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