Statutory Interpretation and the Devolution Statutes

UCL Faculty of Laws

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<h4>About the talk</h4>The dominant approach to interpretation of the devolution statutes has been to treatthem as ordinary statutes, to be interpreted like any other, rather than as“constitutional statutes”. This lecture will discuss the justifications for the ordinarystatutes approach, the problems to which it gives rise, and how these problems maybe resolved. It will be argued that the difference between the two approaches is lessstark than it may appear. The ordinary statutes approach does make assumptionsabout the constitutional context in which interpretation takes place, but ones whichare relatively insensitive to the specific needs and challenges of effective devolvedgovernance. <h4>About the speaker</h4>Aileen McHarg has been Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at DurhamUniversity since 2019, prior to which she held a Chair in Public Law at StrathclydeUniversity and before that posts at Glasgow and Bristol Universities. She haspublished widely in the fields of constitutional and administrative law, but hasparticular expertise in devolution and the UK’s territorial constitution. Amongst otherthings, she is joint General Editor of the journal Public Law, and a member of theUnited Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group. <h4>Fees</h4>Online and In-person Ticket price: £8 Lectures are free of charge for individal and institutional members of the Statute Law Society (SLS) and UCL Staff &amp; Students. <h4>Join the Statute Law Society</h4>The Statute Law Society is a charity which aims to promote knowledge and understanding about legislation and the legislative process. Join via <a href="http://www.statutelawsociety.co.uk" title="http://www.statutelawsociety.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.statutelawsociety.co.uk</a> <h3> </h3>

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