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Learning legal rules : a students' guide to legal method and reasoning / James A. Holland, Julian S. Webb ; foreword by Lord Templeman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2006.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxvi, 376 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199282500 (pbk.) :
  • 9780199282500 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.41 HOL
LOC classification:
  • KD660
Contents:
Understanding the law; 2. Finding the law; 3. Reading the law; 4. Law, fact, and language; 5. The doctrine of judicial precedent; 6. How precedent operates: ratio decidendi and obiter dictum; 7. Making sense of statutes; 8. Interpreting statutes; 9. \'Bringing rights home\': legal method and convention rights; 10. European legal method; 11. Exploiting legal reasoning.
Summary: Bringing together the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in an accessible style, this book explains how to uncover and exploit the mysteries of legal materials. It draws the student into the techniques of legal analysis and argument and the operation of precedent and statutory interpretation.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 349.41 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 207333
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 349.41 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 207332
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 349.41 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205719

Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding the law; 2. Finding the law; 3. Reading the law; 4. Law, fact, and language; 5. The doctrine of judicial precedent; 6. How precedent operates: ratio decidendi and obiter dictum; 7. Making sense of statutes; 8. Interpreting statutes; 9. \'Bringing rights home\': legal method and convention rights; 10. European legal method; 11. Exploiting legal reasoning.

Bringing together the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in an accessible style, this book explains how to uncover and exploit the mysteries of legal materials. It draws the student into the techniques of legal analysis and argument and the operation of precedent and statutory interpretation.

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