The law-making process. / (Record no. 5488)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 02977956217 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | KD660.Z36 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zander, Michael. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The law-making process. / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael Zander. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 3rd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Weidenfeld and Nicolsin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1989. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 450p.: |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents: Legislation: The Preparation of legislation -- The Drafting process -- Criticism of the quality of drafting of English statutes -- Proposals for improving the quality of the statute book -- Response to the criticisms and proposals -- The Impact of bills of the parliamentary process -- When does a statute come into force? -- Delegated legislation -- Statutory interpretation: Interpretation is an inevitable aspect of communication -- The Three basic rule of statutory interpretation -- The Three basic rules considered -- Understanding the context-statutes and judicial decisions -- Understanding the context-evidence beyond statutes and judicial decisions -- Views of the law commission -- Presumptions and subordinate principles of interpretation as an aid to construction -- Are the rules, principles, presumptions and other guides to interpretation binding on the courts? -- Would legislation to state the rules of statutory interpretation help? -- Would a statement of general principle assist? -- Lord scarman's interpretation of legislation bill -- What is the court's proper function in interpreting a statute? -- Binding precedent- the doctrine of stare decisis: The Hierarchy courts and the doctrine of binding precedent -- A comparison with some other countries -- Law reporting: The history of law reporting -- Criticisms of the present system -- Computer retrieval system -- The Impact of computer retrieval on the citation of unreported decisions -- How precedent works: Professional techniques for using precedents -- Preparation and delivery of judgments -- Are Precedents law or only evidence of the law? -- The Values promoted by the system of precedent -- Flexibility and stability in the common law system -- The Nature of the judicial role in law-making: The Personal element in judicial law-making -- Should the judges be activists or passive? -- What the law is and what it ought to be -- Subsidiary sources of law: Textbooks -- Custom -- European law -- Quasi-legislation, codes of practice, circulars, etc. -- The Process of law reform: Historical -- The law commissions -- The law commission and some problems of law reform -- Implementation of law-reform proposals -- The Law commission and codificaton -- Can more be done to involve the community in the process of law reform? |
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| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | Law Library | 14/05/2015 | KD660.Z36 | 116/15 | 14/05/2015 | 14/05/2015 | Books | ||||||
| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | Law Library | 14/07/2023 | KD660.Z361(7e) | 3088/254/23 | 14/07/2023 | 14/07/2023 | Books | 2 |