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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.

    • 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.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Webb, Julian S., author.
    • Published/Created:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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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.
    • Edition:Ninth edition.
    • Description:xxiv, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780198728436 paperback
      0198728433 paperback
    • 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.
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