Universal Bibliography/Law/Legislation
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This page is part of a pan-jurisdictional bibliography of law. This part of the Universal Bibliography is a bibliography of legislation.
Collections of statutes; tables and idexes
- Revised edition of the statutes
- The Statutes: Revised Edition
- The Statutes: Second Revised Edition
- The Statutes Revised: Third Edition
- Statutes in Force
- The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707: Revised Edition. 1908. . Second Revised Edition. 1966.
- The Northern Ireland Statutes Revised
- Chronological Table of Local Acts
- Index to Local Acts. 1900.
- Chronological Table of Private and Personal Acts
- The "Alphabetical Table of Statutes" (from 1707 onwards) in certain volumes of Current Law Statutes
- The Public General Acts and Measures
- The Law Reports - Public General Statutes
- Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
- Statutory Rules and Orders Revised. 1889.
- Statutory Rules and Orders Revised. Second Edition. 1903.
- The Statutory Rules and Orders and Statutory Instruments Revised. Third Edition. Revised to 1948.
- Table of Government Orders
- Index to Government Orders
- Blackstone's Guides. (Blackstone's Guide to the . . . Act YYYY).
- Blackstone's Statutes (formerly Blackstone's Statute Books)
- Routledge Student Statutes
- Butterworth's Handbooks
- Butterworth's Twentieth Century Statutes (continuation of Butterworth's Statutes) - 30 LQR 248
- Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility - 30 LQR 118
- Chitty's Annual Statutes. (Chitty's Annual Statutes and Statutory Rules and Orders). (Chitty's Annual Statutes of Practical Utility). (The Annual Statutes of Practical Utility). Reviews:
- Paterson's Practical Statutes.
- The Annotated Acts. Sweet & Maxwell. Reviews:
- Williams. Everyday Statutes Annotated. Commentary:
- Haynes. The Students Statutes. . 3rd Ed: 1884
- Weekly Reporter Statutes: Reviews: . . See w:John Warrington Rogers.
- Keen, Local Legislation, 1913 - 30 LQR 514
- The Scots Statutes Revised. William Green. The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland. v7, v9. The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707:
- The Scots Statutes. William Green
- The Public General Statutes affecting Scotland. (A Collection of the Public General Statutes affecting Scotland). William Blackwood and Sons.
- The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707. .
- "The Scots Laws and Acts of Parliament . . ." [from dedication page]. 1681. (wikisource)
- Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated (1984 onwards)
- Butterworths Irish Annotated Statutes
- Acts of the Oireachtas as Promulgated editions:IGC_LLhP9k0C
- The Public General Acts Passed by the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann editions:9uGAwaL3oy4C editions:oeK_mEAPtEMC editions:EBYhYxPYHVAC
South Africa
- Juta's Statutes of South Africa
- Statutes of the Republic of South Africa: Classified and Annotated from 1910. Butterworths. Durban. 1967 onwards. Looseleaf.
- The Union Statutes: Classified and Annotated Reprint: 1910–1947. Butterworth. Durban. 1948 to 1952.
- Cumulative Supplement
- Statutes of the Republic of South Africa, YYYY. Government Printer.
- Statutes of the Union of South Africa, YYYY. Government Printer.
- Juta's Provincial Ordinances
- Cape of Good Hope: Acts of Parliament.
- Jackson (ed). Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1905.
- Tennant and Jackson (eds). Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1895.
- Foster, Tennant and Jackson (eds). Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1886. Review:
- Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope passed by the Xth Parliament during the Sessions YYYY-YYYY
- A Selection of the Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope as Set by the University of Cape of Good Hope for the Law Examinations
- Statute Law of the Cape of Good Hope
- Tennant (compiler). Alphabetical Index to the Statute Law of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 1877.
- Ordinances of the Province of the Cape of Good Hope
- Acts of the Parliament of the Colony of Natal
- Statutes of Natal
- Natal Ordinances, Laws, and Proclamations
- Ordinances, Proclamations, &c, &c, &c, relating to the Colony of Natal
- Ordinances of the Province of Natal
- William Broome. The Laws of Natal.
- Statutes of the Orange River Colony
- The Statute Law of the Orange River Colony
- Ordinances of the Province of the Orange Free State
- Statutes of the Transvaal
- Statute Law of the Transvaal
- Ordinances of the Transvaal
- Ordinances of the Transvaal Colony
- Statutory Proclamations of the Transvaal
France
Many law books contain a table of statutes referred to in the volume.
Practical editions, practical statutes, statutes of practical utility
- Brunner. "Practical Editions". The Sources of the Law of England. Translated by Hastie. 1888. p 34
United Kingdom
See the entries for Chitty and Paterson above. The Law Times published a series of practical editions of important statutes: "Notices of New Law Books" (1846) 8 The Law Times 29.
Ontario
- Bicknell and Kappele. Practical Statutes [being a Collection of Statutes of Practical Utility in Force in Ontario with Notes on the Construction and Operation thereof]. Goodwin & Co. Toronto. 1900. .
New Zealand
- Wilson, Walter Munro. The Practical Statutes of New Zealand. Wayte and Batger. Auckland. 1867. .
- Barton's Practical Statutes. Barton, George Burnett. The Practical Statutes of New Zealand. Dunedin. 1876 to 1877. catalogue. Commentary: . For Barton, see Allibone.
Victoria
- The Public General Statutes of Victoria of Practical Utility. editions:cHZXosLSwgwC.
New South Wales
- Oliver, Alexander. A Collection of the Statutes of Practical Utility, Colonial and Imperial, in Force in New South Wales. Thomas Richards. Sydney. 1879. v1, v2.
- Cary, Henry (ed). A Collection of Statutes affecting New South Wales; containing all the Statutes of Practical Utility to the Present Time. Sands and Kenny. Sydney and Melbourne. 1861. v1, v2.
- Tarleton, W W. A Collection of the Private Acts of Practical Utility in force in New South Wales; embracing the Local Private Legislation. Sydney. 1886. Catalogues:
Abstracts
- A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (Law Journal Reports). . editions:fBGGcgLwSwcC editions:-3mv3mL5IBEC editions:9iA3vgspwG8C
- Williams, Thomas Walter. An Accurate Abstract of the Public General Statutes passed in ... (with notes and comments): editions:zW3zdZkcMNYC editions:uD0US8VHjXAC (also called "Statutes of the Year": ). A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts Passed in . . .
Legislation of the year or session, new legislation: abstracts, epitomes, notes etc in periodicals and year books
- "Legislation of the Year". Solicitors' Journal. . "A Reading of the New Statutes".
- "New Laws of the Session". The Law Times: . Law Times Editions of Important Statutes: .
- "New Statutes" in "The Legislator". The Law Times. .
- "The Statutes YYYY-YY". The Law Times. .
- "Abstract of Public General Statutes". The Law Magazine
- Notes on New Statutes. The Legal Observer. . New Statutes. .
- Recent Statutes, X and Y Victoria. The Law Chronicle.
- "The Past Session". The Justice of the Peace. . "The Statutes of the Session" . "The Statutes of the past Session"
- Thwaites, Charles. "Epitome of Statutes". The Law Students' Journal. .
- The Statutes X and Y Victoriae. The Journal of Jurisprudence. .
- "The Legislation of YYYY". Irish Law Times. . "The Statutes of X and Y Victoria" .
- The Statutes of YYYY. The Constitutional Year Book. .
- "Abstracts of Important Public Acts". Companion to the Almanac; or, Year-Book of General Information. (The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge). Charles Knight. .
- "Review of the Legislation of the British Empire in YYYY". Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation. "Notes of the State of Legislation in America in YYYY" . "French Legislation in YYYY". "German Legislation in YYYY. 1900. "Review of Legislation YYYY". .
- "New Acts of Parliament". Public Health.
Yearbooks
Chronological tables
Upper Canada
- Wicksteed. Table of the Provincial Statutes in Force or which have been in Force in Upper Canada in their Chronological Order. 1856.
New South Wales
- Oliver, Alexander. A Chronological Table of, and General Index to, the Colonial Statutes in Force in New South Wales. Thomas Richards. Sydney. 1881.
New Zealand
India
- Chronological Tables of the Indian Statutes
- Chronological Tables and Index of the Indian Statutes
- Field, Charles Dickinson. Chronological Table of, and Index to, the Indian Statute-Book.1870
Pennsylvania
New York
- Birdseye, Clarence Frank. A Table, Chronologically Arranged, of the Statutes of the State of New York. 1887. . Supplement. 1894.
Indexes
Google Books and Internet Archive
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Statutes Revised
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- 3rd Ed
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The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: Revised Edition
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Paterson's Practical Statutes 1902, 1903
Chitty's Statutes
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- Annual
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A Collection of the Public General Statutes
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The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland
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Scots Statutes
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Scots Statutes Revised
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Public Bills
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Local and Personal Acts, The Local Acts, The Private Acts
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Other works
- Bennion. Statute Law.
- Bennion. Statutory Interpretation.
- Miers and Page. Legislation.
- Craies on Statute Law. 1911. (formerly Hardcastle on Statutory Law). 1892. Now Craies on Legislation.
- Maxwell on Statutes. (On the Interpretation of Statutes). (The Interpretation of Statutes). 1st Ed: 1875. 2nd Ed: 1883. 3rd Ed: 1896. 4th Ed: 1905. 5th Ed: 1912. 6th Ed: 1920. 7th Ed: 1929. 8th Ed: 1937. 9th Ed: 1946. 10th Ed: 1953. 11th Ed: 1962. 12th Ed: 1969.
- Cross on Statutory Interpretation
- The Law Commission. The Interpretation of Statutes. Law Com 21. 1969.
- Ilbert. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901.
- Evans. Statutory Interpretation.
- Lowe and Potter. Understanding Legislation: A Practical Guide to Statutory Interpretation.
- Dale. Legislative Drafting: A New Approach.
Europe
Ireland
- Hunt, Brian. The Irish Statute Book: A Guide to Irish Legislation. First Law Limited. 2007. (consultant ed: Francis Bennion)
- Vance. The Irish Statutes. 1862 . The Green Book; or, Reading Made Easy of the Irish Statutes. 1862. (digest of case law on interpretation of particular Acts)
- Hand, Geoffrey Joseph. "Statutes". English Law in Ireland 1290-1324. Cambridge University Press. 1967. Chapter 8. Page 159 et seq.
Countries
New Zealand