Research Catalog

Title

Laying down the law : a discussion of the people, processes and problems that shape Acts of Parliament / Daniel Greenberg.

Author

Greenberg, Daniel.

Publication

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2011.

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Description

281 p.; 19 cm.

Summary

In this book Daniel Greenberg draws on his experience as a legislative drafter to present a current account of how legislation is put together. In explaining the process of parliamentary drafting Greenberg identifies and examines parts of the legislative process that are not well-known, and offers thoughts on how the system works or should work. The book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of law, policy and politics - in fact, any reader with an interest in the British Government - and will be of interest to those involved in the preparation and practice of legislation.

Subject

• Law > Great Britain > Interpretation and construction
• Bill drafting > Great Britain
• Legislation > Great Britain
• Legislative power > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Many hands, or too many cooks? -- Parliamentary counsel -- Departmental lawyers -- Ministers -- Private lawyers -- Outside interests -- House authorities -- Back-benchers -- Judges -- Special advisers -- The legislative programme -- The drafting process -- Introduction of bill -- Scope -- Hybridity -- Amendments -- Queen's consent -- Financial rules of the House of Commons -- Primary and secondary legislation -- Plain English -- Explanatory material -- The use of examples -- The pestilential power of precedent -- Mistakes in legislation -- Purpose clauses -- Pepper v Hart

ISBN

• 0414046935 (pbk.)
• 9780414046931 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 730034247
• SCSB-9933195

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library