Elements of Legislation

Neil Duxbury is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The supremacy problem; 3. The quest to intellectualize statute law; 4. Legislatures and intentions; 5. Fidelity to text; 6. Purposivism, past and present.

'As with his book The Nature and Authority of Precedent, Duxbury sheds a new and penetrating light on areas which might be thought to be familiar. Not everyone will agree with his conclusions on topics such as judicial legislation, strong judicial review and legislative intent, but all will benefit from the care with which he examines the issues, his formidable knowledge of jurisprudential and other literature and the clarity of his analysis.' Sir Ross Cranston, Judge, High Court (England and Wales), Queen's Bench Division