TY - BOOK AU - Bennion,Francis Alan Roscoe TI - Understanding common law legislation: drafting and interpretation SN - 9780191705465 (ebook) : AV - K284 .B46 2009 U1 - 340.57 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Common law KW - Statutes KW - Law KW - Interpretation and construction N1 - Originally published: 2001; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Common law largely operates through statutes enacted by democratic legislature, and these mainly fall to be construed according to a uniform system of rules, presumptions, principles and canons evolved over centuries by common law judges UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199564101.001.0001 ER -