Statute Law: Making Legislation

This series of interviews, followed by a lecture, provides a unique insight in the process by which legislation is created in the United Kingdom. All the interviewees are involved in the making of legislation in Whitehall, in Parliament or in the wider worlds of politics. These materials were produced by the Statute Law Society, an educational charity devoted to promoting knowledge and understanding about legislation and the legislative process (http://www.statutelawsociety.org), and the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law (http://www.iecl.ox.ac.uk/), with the support of the UK Centre for Legal Education (http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/) and law firm Herbert Smith LLP (http://www.herbertsmith.com). Academic institutions wishing to order a free set of DVDs with all the interviews and the lecture for educational purposes should write to statutelaw@aol.com

13. How Statute Law is Made Lecture

Lecture by Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Council, on the making of statutes. Given at the University of Oxford on 11 October 2010.

11-30
44:29

12. The Law Commissioner: The role of the Law Commission in the Legislative Process

Interview with Lord Justice Etherton, Chairman of the Law Commission 2006-2009, on the role of the Law Commission in the legislative process.

11-30
23:51

11. The Legal Adviser: The Role of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the Legislative Process

Interview with Murray Hunt, Legal Adviser to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights on the role of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the legislative process.

11-30
20:49

10. Parliamentary Officials: The Parliamentary procedure for making an Act of Parliament

Interview with Parliamentary officials David Natzler from the Public Bill Office in the House of Commons and Sarah Jones from the House of Lords on The Parliamentary procedure for making an Act of Parliament.

11-30
26:38

09. The Drafter: Pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills and the role of Parliamentary Counsel as a Bill proceeds through Parliament

Interview with Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel, on pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills and the role of Parliamentary Counsel as a Bill proceeds through Parliament.

11-30
15:14

08. The Drafter: How Parliamentary Counsel sets about drafting an Act of Parliament

Interview with Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel, on how Parliamentary Counsel sets about drafting an Act of Parliament.

11-30
16:41

07. The Drafter: The role of Parliamentary Counsel at the planning stage for legislation

Interview with Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel on the role of Parliamentary Counsel at the planning stage for legislation.

11-30
14:09

06. The Departmental Lawyer: The role of officials in a department in handling the passage of a Bill through Parliament

Interview with Michelle Dyson, a Departmental Lawyer, on the role of officials in a department in handling the passage of a Bill through Parliament.

11-30
12:05

05. The Departmental Lawyer: The detailed development by a Government Department of proposals for legislation

Interview with Michelle Dyson, Departmental Lawyer, on the detailed development by a Government Department of proposals for legislation.

11-30
12:59

04. The Departmental Lawyer: The process within a Government Department for development of the policy ideas underlying legislative proposals

Interview with Michelle Dyson, Departmental Lawyer on the process within a Government Department for development of the policy ideas underlying legislative proposals.

11-30
13:29

03. The Politician: A Minister's role in taking a Bill through Parliament

Interview with Lord Falconer on a minister's role in taking a Bill through Parliament.

11-30
14:05

02. The Politician: How a Government Minister gets proposals accepted for presentation as part of the Government's legislative programme

How a Government Minister gets proposals accepted for presentation as part of the Government's legislative programme. Interview with Lord Falconer of Thoroton, former Lord Chancellor.

11-30
12:59

01. Introduction to Making Legislation series

Phillip Sales, High Court Judge and Statute Law Society member introduces the Making Legislation series which will look at how new laws are created.

11-30
00:26

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