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    <title>Understanding common law legislation</title>
    <subTitle>drafting and interpretation</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Bennion, Francis Alan Roscoe.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">F.A.R. Bennion.</note>
  <note>Originally published: 2001.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Common law</topic>
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