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Craies on Legislation: A Practitioner's Guide to the Nature, Process, Effect and Interpretation of Legislation 13th ed with 1st Supplememt

Name: Craies on Legislation: A Practitioner's Guide to the Nature, Process, Effect and Interpretation of Legislation 13th ed with 1st Supplememt
Brand: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
SKU: 9780414132351
Price: 5296.20 HKD
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Author: Daniel Greenberg
ISBN: 9780414132351

By Daniel Greenberg

Sweet & Maxwell U.K. November 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780414132351
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication: November 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Craies on Legislation is the complete practitioners' guide to the nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation. It is regularly cited to and by the higher courts, and it is relied upon by lawyers in the public and private sectors for shedding light on the widest range of questions in relation to how legislation is made, applied, challenged and interpreted.

The 13th edition features:

New material on emergency legislation, including rule of law lessons from COVID-19 legislation
Validation legislation
New judicial applications of old presumptions and principles
Consideration of secret law
Supreme Court codification of principles of interpretation
Changes in treatment of EU-derived legislation

The 13th edition, published in December 2024, is now accompanied by the 1st Supplement published in November 2025. The Supplement addresses numerous significant legislative changes since publication of the 13th edition, including the groundbreaking Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 asc. 3 - a landmark piece of legislation that formalises procedures for making and publishing Welsh legislation while improving the accessibility of Welsh law.

Preface; Table of Contents; Table of Cases; Part 1 The Nature of Legislation; 1.
Concepts and Classes: 2.
Acts of Parliament: 3.
Subordinate Legislation: Introduction: 4.
Devolved Legislation: Part 2: The Legislative Process; 5.
Primary Legislation: 6.
Subordinate Legislation: 7.
Devolved Legislation: 8.
Drafting of Legislation: 9.
Access to Legislation: Part 3: 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: Part 4: 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.
Interpretation Acts: 23.
Other General Interpretation Provisions: 24.
Other Specific Interpretation Provisions: 25.
Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1988: 26.
Use Parts of Legislation Other than Text for Construction: 27.
Use of Extraneous Material in Construing Legislation: 28.
The Rule in Pepper v Hart: 29.
Interpretation of Special Kinds of Legislation: 30.
Interpretation of Documents Other than Legislation: Part 5: European Legislation; 31.
Nature of European Legislation: 32.
The Legislative Process: 33.
Effect and Interpretation: Appendix: Key Passages of Relevant Judgments and Other Documents; Index