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
NEW! The Statute Law Society invites applications for the Lord Rodger Essay Prize 2012, which is sponsored by Oxford University Press. ► Essays submitted must concern one or more of the following topics: the legislative process, the use of legislation as an instrument of public policy, the drafting of legislation, the interpretation of legislation. ► Essays may be submitted by anyone who is reading for an undergraduate degree of any University and in any subject; or has held their first (or only) undergraduate degree for not more than five years. For further information and to download an entry form click here |
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updates on literature of interest
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lectures and events offered by the Society and other groups
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organising Statute Law Society lectures and conferences.
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Constitution of the Statute Law Society
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