Hansard
Hansard in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Hansard.
Resources
See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Work
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- Hansard in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- Hansard in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Hansard
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Hansard :
The name by which the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is customarily referred to (after the Hansard family, who – as printers to the House of Commons – were concerned with compiling reports in the 19th century). Reporting was taken over by the government in 1908, and separate reports for the House of Commons and the House of Lords are published by The *Stationery Office in daily and weekly parts. They contain a verbatim record of debates and all other proceedings (e.g. question time). Members of Parliament have the right to correct anything attributed to them, but may not make any other alterations. In certain circumstances Hansard may be used to discover the will of Parliament, as an aid to judicial statutory interpretation when legislation is unclear.
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