A brief tour of - Francis Bennion

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After the Second World War, when he served as a pilot in Coastal Command,Francis Bennion (FB) went to Balliol College, Oxford. There he obtained his lawdegree and went on to train as a barrister being called to the Bar of England andWales in 1951.FB first had a paper published over 65 years ago when he was flying in NorthAfrica. Since then he has been a prolific writer of letters, articles and books. TheTimes has published well over 100 of his letters and the Daily Telegraph more than50.His major book Bennion on Statutory Interpretation is now in its fifth edition andis widely regarded as the leading work on this subject throughout the commonlaw world and beyond.He has also published other books on statute law, a book of his poems, a book on‘Blairism’ and a novel about the early days of steam railways.FB was involved in drafting the constitution of Pakistan in 1956 and wrote theConstitutional Law of Ghana after drafting the new constitution there.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

This slide show provides a brief introduction to the many features of hiswebsite and will enable you quickly to understand the extent of what isavailable and how you can access it.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

A horizontal menu bar thatenables you to access data bysubjectEach webpage contains twomenu barsand a vertical menu bar thatenables you to view lists ofdocuments, photographs orother memorabiliaUse 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

We will start our brief tour by using the verticalmenu bar to access FB’s sitemap.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

To access the sitemapclick here on the‘SITEMAP’ entry inthe vertical menu barUse 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

The sitemap shows thearrangement and contentof the website. You willnotice that many of thelinks on the sitemap arealso included in either thehorizontal or vertical menubars. This is forconvenience. You will findthat it is quicker to use themenu bars as this bypassesthe sitemapUse 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

In most cases documents and other data on thesite are accessed via different lists which representdifferent groupings, for instance by subject matter,contents, date or journal in which they werepublished.In the next example we will look at how documentscan be found according to the date on which theywere published or written. We do this using theChronological List.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

1. Click on ‘Chronological’ toaccess the ChronologicalList.2. This will take you to a tableof years from the 1940s tothe present day.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

For each year the table shows, inbrackets, the number of documentsFB wrote in that year. We need toselect a year to locate one of thesedocuments. We do this by clickingon the year. In this case we select2010Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Here is document number(Doc. No.) 2010.017 which isavailable in Adobe’s pdfformat.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Most of the lists on the vertical menu work in muchthe same way as the one you have just seen.You select a list and then pass through one or moreselections in order to locate the document youwant.The next few slides show how you can use anotherlist of this type.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

1. Click on ‘FB articles’.2. This will take you to a webpage headed ‘Press articles’.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

1. This webpage shows lists of newspapers andjournals in which FB has had articles published .2. We will click on the ‘Criminal Law and JusticeWeekly’ to see the list of articles that FB haswritten in that journal.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

1. Here is the list of articles.2. We will select document number2009.035 ‘Enhanced Criminal RecordCertificates: Some Knotty Questions’.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Here is that article in Adobe’spdf format.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

The next slides show other lists that you can accessfrom the vertical menu bar.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Clicking on any of thenewspapers orjournals will provide alist of the letters thatFB has written in thatpublicationUse 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Topics enable you tofind, in one place, allFB’s writings on aparticular subject.Simply click on the topicyou are interested in tosee everything that FBhas written on thatsubject in a singlechronological list.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Bills and Acts ofParliament arefrequently cited inFB’s writings. Thislist enables you tofind the documentswhere a particularpiece of legislationhas been mentionedUse 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

People are frequentlynamed in FB’s writing andthis alphabetical list enablesyou to locate the documentsin which people arementioned. The alphabet atthe top of the list can beused to jump to surnamesstarting with a particularletter.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

The next slides show some of the other data thatcan be viewed here.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

Click on the links to view theindividual documents. Mostare available in pdf format.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

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Photographs and other picturesselected by FB. Click on the smallpicture on the right and a larger versionis displayed. We will click on the picturebelow the arrow to see its full sizeimage.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

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Similar to the photographlist but this one showscopies of letters and otherdocuments. We will clickon the last small image tosee one of FB’s schoolreports.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

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This is a list of FB’s sound andvideo recordings.Use 'scroll bar' on the right to continue

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The EndClick to return to FB’s website(or press Escape (ESC) on your keyboard)