Bennion, Bailey and Norbury on Statutory Interpretation / Diggory Bailey, Luke Norbury ; edited by Micheal Anderson, James George, David Feldman

Previous edition under title : Bennion on statutory interpretation. London : LexisNexis, [2017].

Includes index.

Foreword -- General introduction -- Acts and other legislation -- Extent, commencement, amendments and other general matters -- Interpretation : general -- Analysis of the legislative text : functional construction and definitions -- Analysis of the legislative text : linguistic canons of construction -- External aids to construction -- Common law extent -- Effect of EU-related law and the Human Rights Act 1998.

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