I. The nature of legislation. 1. Concepts and classes -- 2. Acts of Parliament -- 3. Subordinate legislation -- 4. Devolved legislation -- II. The legislative process. 5. Primary legislation -- 6. Subordinate legislation -- 7. Devolved legislation -- 8. Drafting of legislation -- 9. Access to legislation -- III. The effect of legislation. 10. Timing -- 11. Extent and application -- 12. Statutory rights, powers and duties -- 13. Statutory corporations -- 14. Effect on other law -- 15. Errors in legislation -- IV. Interpretation of legislation. 16. Introduction to statutory interpretation -- 17. The cardinal rule : construction according to plain meaning -- 18. Literal or purposive interpretation -- 19. Rebuttable presumptions of construction -- 20. Other canons and principles of construction -- 21. Expressions which change meaning over time -- 22. The Interpretation Act 1978 -- 23. Other general interpretation provisions -- 24. Other specific interpretation provisions -- 25. Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 -- 26. Use of parts of legislation other than text for construction -- 27. Use of extraneous materials in construing legislation -- 28. The rule in Pepper v Hart -- 29. Interpretation of special kins of legislation -- V. European legislation. 30. Nature of European legislation -- 31. The legislative process -- 32. Effect and interpretation -- Appendix. Extracts of judgments and other documents.