Understanding common law legislation [electronic resource] : drafting and interpretation / F.A.R. Bennion. Bennion, Francis Alan Roscoe. Common law. Statutes. Law Interpretation and construction. K284 .B46 2009 340.57 22 Originally published: 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. 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. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (xxviii, 221 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199564101.001.0001 eng