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OverviewThis book brings together past and present law commissioners, judges, practitioners, academics and law reformers to analyse the past, present and future of the Law Commissions in the United Kingdom and beyond. Its internationally recognised authors bring a wealth of experience and insight into how and why law reform does and should take place, covering statutory and non-statutory reform from national and international perspectives. The chapters of the book developed from papers given at a conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Law Commissions Act 1965. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Matthew Dyson (University of Oxford, UK) , James Lee (King’s College London, UK) , Shona Wilson Stark (University of Cambridge)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Hart Publishing Dimensions: Width: 16.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.929kg ISBN: 9781849468572ISBN 10: 1849468575 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 03 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Introduction Matthew Dyson, James Lee and Shona Wilson Stark 2. Fifty Years of the Law Commissions: The Dynamics of Law Reform Now, Then and Next Lady Hale Part 2: The First Half-Century of the Commissions 3. Introduction Lord Hodge 4. Strategies of the Early Law Commission Paul Mitchell 5. Fifty Years of Law Reform—A Note on the Northern Ireland Style Neil Faris 6. Working on the Larger Canvas—Law Reform in a Federal System: Thoughts on Forty Years of the Australian Law Reform Commission Kathryn Cronin 7. Law Reform and Social Policy Eric Clive Part 3: Institutions, Commissions, Committees, Codifiers 8. Introduction Lord Beith 9. Memoir of a Reforming Chairman Sir Terence Etherton 10. The Duty to Make the Law More Accessible? The Two C-Words George L Gretton 11. The Former Law Commission of Canada: The Road Less Travelled Yves Le Bouthillier 12. The Law Commission and the Criminal Law: Reflections on the Codification Project Ian Dennis Part 4: The Many Faces of Law Reform 13. Introduction Lord Carnwath 14. Democracy, Law Reform and the Rule of Law Lord Toulson 15. Promoting Law Reform: By Means of Draft Bills or Otherwise Shona Wilson Stark 16. Law Commissions, Courts and Society: A Sceptical View William Binchy 17. A Good Name, a Long Game Laura Dunlop Part 5: Implementation by Statute 18. Introduction Dame Mary Arden 19. The Legislative Implementation of Law Reform Proposals Sir Grant Hammond 20. Post-legislative Scrutiny, Legislative Drafting and the ‘Elusive Boundary’ Andrew Burrows 21. Reflections on Statutory Implementation in the Law Commission Nicholas Paines 22. Implementation by Statute: What the Future Holds Hector MacQueen Part 6: How Law Commissions Work 23. Introduction Sir James Munby 24. The Law Commission Method: Exportable to the EU? Hugh Beale 25. How Law Commissions Work: Some Lessons from the Past David Johnston 26. Challenges for Independent Law Reformers from Changing External Priorities and Shorter Timescales Sir Jack Beatson 27. The Bill’s Progress Stephen Lewis Part 7: Courts and Commissions 28. Introduction Lord Drummond Young 29. The Etiquette of Law Reform James Lee 30. Law Reform in Private Law: The Role of Statutes in Supplementing or Supplanting the Common Law Barbara McDonald 31. The Refiner’s Fire Charles Harpum 32. Reflections on the Courts and the Commission David Ormerod Part 8: Commissioning the Future 33. Introduction Elizabeth Cooke 34. The Scottish Law Commission and the Future of Law Reform in Scotland Lord Pentland 35. Looking to the Future Sir David Lloyd Jones 36. Commissioning the Future—A Chief Executive’s Perspective Elaine Lorimer 37. Implementation of Law Reform Reports: Developments in Scotland Malcolm McMillan 38. The Future is a Foreign Country, They Do Things Differently There Matthew Dyson 39. Making Law—Who, How and What? KJ KeithReviewsHart deserves to be complimented for commissioning this volume which has the potential to become a salient work of reference on law reform bodies and legal reform more generally. * Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association * This collection will appeal to a variety of readers. For those working close to the Law Commissions or other reform institutions, many of the debates within the collection will be familiar, and provide an opportunity to reflect and perhaps reconsider core aspects of the reform agenda. But the collection also reaches beyond this audience to reform-minded academics and other legal experts, providing often compelling insight into the challenges facing reformers of the law, both substantive and structural. -- J J Child * Legal Studies * ... a lively and wide-ranging examination of fifty years of law reform ... For the contribution made by the Law Commissions, the book under review provides a fitting celebration. -- Kenneth Reid * Edinburgh Law Review * [The book's] broad range of critical analysis, from both practical and academic viewpoints, repays careful study ... it definitely should find a place in every institutional law library ... It would certainly be a worthy addition to the shelves of all who are interested in the mechanics of law reform, whether they work in the sphere or are legislative drafters or have an academic appetite (its footnote references are a mine in themselves). -- Jonathan Teasdale * The Theory and Practice of Legislation * Read as a whole, the essayists give thoughtful accounts about the way the Commissions have gone about their work and how they have taken account of the constitutional arrangements that govern them. -- The Hon Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia * Oxford Journal of Legal Studies * Hart deserves to be complimented for commissioning this volume which has the potential to become a salient work of reference on law reform bodies and legal reform more generally. Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association Hart deserves to be complimented for commissioning this volume which has the potential to become a salient work of reference on law reform bodies and legal reform more generally. * Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association * Author InformationMatthew Dyson is a Fellow in Law at Trinity College, Cambridge. James Lee is Senior Lecturer in Private Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London and an Associate Academic Fellow of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Shona Wilson Stark is a Fellow in Law at Christ's College, Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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