Part 1 : General Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
Part 2 : Acts of Parliament
Chapter 2 Acts of Parliament
Chapter 3 Delegated Legislation and Prerogative Instruments
Chapter 4 Acts of the Devolved Legislatures
Chapter 5 Delegated Legislation made by developed authorities
Part 3 : Extent, Commencement, Amendment and Other General Matters
Chapter 6 Extent and Application of Acts
Chapter 7 Commencement Duration and Retrospection
Chapter 8 Amendments, Repeals and Savings
Chapter 9 Compliance with Legislation
Part 4 : Interpretation : General
Chapter 10 Interpretation: Preliminary Matters
Chapter 11 Interpretation ; Key Principles
Chapter 12 Purpose, Mischief and Evasion
Chapter 13 Construction against 'Absurdity'
Chapter 14 Updating Construction
Chapter 15 Mistakes in Legislation
Part 5 : Analysis of the Legislative Text: Functional Construction and Definitions
Chapter 16 Significance of Different Components of an Act
Chapter 17 Significance of Different Drafting Devices
Chapter 18 Statutory Definitions
Chapter 19 Interpretation Act 1978
Part 6 : Analysis of the Legislative Text: Linguistic Canons of Construction
Chapter 20 Linguistic Canons of Construction; Introduction
Chapter 21 Construction as a Whole
Chapter 22 Construction as a Whole
Chapter 23 Textual Analysis: Other Canons of Construction
Part 7 : External Aids to Construction
Chapter 24 External Aids to Construction
Part 8 : Common Law Context
Chapter 25 Statute and the Common Law
Chapter 26 Interpretative Principles Derived from Legal Policy: General
Chapter 27 Doubtful Penalisation and Statutory Interference with Rights and Liberties
Part 9 : Effect of Eu Law and the Human Rights Act 1998
Chapter 28 European Union Law
Chapter 29 Human Rights
Appendices
Appendix 1 to 6
Index
Supplementary Table of Statutes
Supplementary Table of Statutory Instruments