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Learning legal rules : a students' guide to legal method and reasoning / James Holland, Julian Webb ; foreword to the first edition by the Rt Hon Lord Templeman MBE.
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Title:Learning legal rules : a students' guide to legal method and reasoning / James Holland, Julian Webb ; foreword to the first edition by the Rt Hon Lord Templeman MBE.
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Author/Creator:Holland, James A. (Law teacher), author.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Webb, Julian S., author.
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Published/Created:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: K212 .H65 2016
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Great Britain--Methodology.
Law--Great Britain--Interpretation and construction.
Law--Great Britain.
Law--European Union countries.
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Edition:Ninth edition.
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Description:xxiv, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780198728436 paperback
0198728433 paperback
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding the Law
1.1. Introduction
1.2. What is Law?
1.3. Sample Legal Problem
1.4. Functions of Law
1.5. Regulation: Legal Rules and Social Rules
1.6. Parliament and Legislation
1.7. Courts
1.8. Importance of Procedural Law
1.9. English Law and the European Convention on Human Rights
1.10. English Law and the European Union
Conclusion
2. Finding the Law
2.1. Law and Legal Information in a Digital Society
2.2. Developing Your Information and Research Skills
2.3. Literary Sources
2.4. Cases
2.5. Legislation
2.6. EU Law
2.7. Online Resources
Conclusion
3. Reading the Law
3.1. Reading Legislation
3.2. Reading Cases
3.3. Reading Books and Articles
Conclusion
4. From Reading to Writing
4.1. Writing Legal Essays
4.2. Answering Legal Problems
4.3. How to Present Your Answer
4.4. Planning Your Answers
4.5. Referencing Your Work
4.6. How Are Law Essays Marked?
Conclusion
5. Law, Fact, and Language
5.1. Law and Fact
5.2. Law and Language
5.3. Fact, Language, and the Judicial Construction of Cases
Conclusion
6. Doctrine of Judicial Precedent
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Idea of Binding Precedent (Stare Decisis)
6.3. Establishing the Principle in a Case
6.4. Mechanics of Stare Decisis
6.5. Are there any other Exceptions to the Application of Stare Decisis to the Court of Appeal that have Emerged since 1944?
6.6. Does Every Case have to be Heard by the Court of Appeal before it can Proceed to the Supreme Court?
6.7. Precedent in the Higher Courts: Summary
6.8. Other Courts
6.9. Impact of Human Rights Legislation
Conclusion
7. How Precedent Operates: Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Development of Case Law
7.3. Trying to Define Ratio Decidendi
7.4. Perception and Ratio
7.5. Ratio and Interpretation
7.6. Summary of Points Covered
7.7. Obiter Dictum
7.8. How Precedents Develop
7.9. Answering Legal Questions on Precedent
7.10. Material Facts
7.11. What Can Happen to a Case?
7.12. Postal Rule Cases
7.13. `Uncertainty Principle' of Cases
Conclusion
8. Making Sense of Statutes
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Drafting Styles
8.3. Problems of Drafting Statutes in English Law
8.4. Examples of Drafting Practices and How to Approach Them
8.5. Amending Earlier Statutes
8.6. Other Points on Drafting
8.7. European Legislative Drafting
8.8. Style of EU Legislation
Conclusion
9. Interpreting Statutes
9.1. Introduction
9.2. So-called Rules of Interpretation
9.3. Examples of the `Rules' in Action
9.4. Secondary Aids to Construction
9.5. Use of Hansard
9.6. From Rules to Reality
9.7. Interpretation and the European Union
9.8. Interpretation and the Human Rights Act 1998
9.9. Interpreting Secondary Legislation
9.10. Illustration of How to Analyse a Case on Statutory Interpretation
Conclusion
10. `Bringing Rights Home': Legal Method and the Convention Rights
10.1. Introduction
10.2. European Convention on Human Rights
10.3. Incorporation under the Human Rights Act 1998
10.4. Incorporation under the Devolution Acts
10.5. Consequences for Legal Method (1): Statutory Interpretation
10.6. Consequences for Legal Method (2): Precedent
10.7. Legal Research and Argumentation
10.8. Future of the Human Rights Act
Conclusion
11. European Legal Method
11.1. Sources of European Union Law
11.2. Institutions
11.3. Analytical Techniques Employed by European Lawyers
11.4. Effect of EU Law on the Drafting and Interpretation of UK Legislation
Conclusion
12. Exploiting Legal Reasoning
12.1. Logic and Legal Reasoning
12.2. Limits of Logic
12.3. Decision Analysis Method.