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 [email protected]

Latest episodes of the podcast Statute Law: Making Legislation

• 01. Introduction to Making Legislation series
• 02. The Politician: How a Government Minister gets proposals accepted for presentation as part of the Government's legislative programme
• 03. The Politician: A Minister's role in taking a Bill through Parliament
• 04. The Departmental Lawyer: The process within a Government Department for development of the policy ideas underlying legislative proposals
• 05. The Departmental Lawyer: The detailed development by a Government Department of proposals for legislation
• 06. The Departmental Lawyer: The role of officials in a department in handling the passage of a Bill through Parliament
• 07. The Drafter: The role of Parliamentary Counsel at the planning stage for legislation
• 08. The Drafter: How Parliamentary Counsel sets about drafting an Act of Parliament
• 09. The Drafter: Pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills and the role of Parliamentary Counsel as a Bill proceeds through Parliament
• 10. Parliamentary Officials: The Parliamentary procedure for making an Act of Parliament
• 11. The Legal Adviser: The Role of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the Legislative Process
• 12. The Law Commissioner: The role of the Law Commission in the Legislative Process
• 13. How Statute Law is Made Lecture