New SLS Council Member
Sir Stephen Laws KCB QC has joined the Council of the Statute Law Society. Sir Stephen was First Parliamentary Counsel from 2006 until his retirement in January 2012.
Monday, 21 May 2012, 6 - 7 pm
Mr Justice Robert Sharpe, Ontario
The Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council and Lord Sankey's
"living tree" theory of interpretation
For more details click here
New in the Library
Teaching Legislation in UK Law Schools - Survey results.
The Data Protection Act 1998 and Personal Privacy
Text of Philip Coppel QC lecture.
Codification
A paper by Alec Samuels.
Strasbourg Jurisprudence and the
Human Rights Act:
A Response to Lord Irvine
Sir Philip Sales
Statute Law:
Making Legislation
For details of this SLS
project, with link to video series
on iTunes-U click here
THE TEACHING OF LEGISLATION
The Statute Law Society invited academics from leading law schools to a round table meeting on 30 October 2009 to discuss current teaching of legislation in law faculties and how it might be improved, bearing in mind the many demands on curriculum time.
The notes and papers listed below are intended as background material for those interested in this topic.
Note of meeting held on 30 October 2009 at the Supreme Court, London. Click here
David Miers - Legislation: can we teach it? Click here
Mr Justice Sales - Structured approach to teaching legislation, June 2009. Click here
David Miers - Note, October 2009. Click here
Kay Goodall - Teaching Statutory Interpretation. Click here
Ian McLeod - Outline. Click here
Ian McLeod - Follow-up Note. Click here
Richard Ekins - Statute Law Course Outline. Click here
John Bell - Teaching Statutory Interpretation. Click here