Retroactivity and the Common Law.

Half Title Page -- Title page -- Title verso -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation and International Instruments -- Introduction -- 1 Concepts, Labels and Limitations -- A Introduction -- B Retroactivity -- C Retrospectivity -- D Confusing Usage -- E Problematic Usage -- F The Scope of this Book -- G Illustrations of Conceptual Distinctions -- H Conclusion -- 2 Historical Review -- A Introduction -- B General History and Statutory Construction -- C Adjudicative Retroactivity -- D Conclusion -- 3 Rationales for a General Presumption Against Retroactivity -- A Introduction -- B Certainty -- C Negative Liberty -- D Fair Warning -- E Defeasibility -- 4 The Presumption Against Retroactivity in Statutory Construction -- A Introduction -- B The Nature of the Presumption Against Retroactivity -- C Applications of the Presumption Against Retroactivity -- D Fairness as a Determinant of the Applicability of the Presumption -- E A Presumption of Variable Strength? -- F Rebuttal of the Presumption Against Retroact -- G Detailed Studies -- H Conclusion -- 5 Adjudicative Retroactivity -- A Introductory Matters -- B The Doctrine of Precedent and Judicial Attachmentto Existing Principle in Novel Cases -- C The Marital Rape Cases -- D Restitution of Money Paid under a Mistake of Law -- E Private Law -- F Public Law -- G Criminal Law -- H Overruling and the Age of a Decision -- 6 Prospective Overruling -- A What is Prospective Overruling? -- B The Status Quo -- C Evaluation of Prospective Overruling -- D Conclusion -- 7 Conclusions -- A Foundations -- B Comparison of Cases of Statutory and Adjudicative Retroactivity -- C Approaching Rebuttal of the Presumption -- D Legislative and Judicial Processes -- E Final Observations -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book analyses the common law's approach to retroactivity.

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