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Learning legal rules : A student's guide to legal method and reasoning (Record no. 20834)

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Classification number 340.028 HOL
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Personal name Holland James A
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Title Learning legal rules : A student's guide to legal method and reasoning
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Edition statement 5th
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 349p
Dimensions xix
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Price amount Rs.1,252
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Contents;<br/>Foreword to the First Edition by The Rt Hon Lord Templeman MBE;<br/>Preface to the Fifth Edition;<br/>Acknowledgements;<br/>Table of Cases;<br/>1 Understanding the Law;<br/>1.1 Introduction<br/>1.2 A Sample Legal Problem<br/>1.3 What is Law?'<br/>1.4 Parliament<br/>1.5 The Courts<br/>1.6 The Importance of Procedural Law<br/>1.7 English Law and the European Convention on Human Rights<br/>1.8 English Law and the European Community<br/>1.9 Conclusions<br/>2 Finding the Law;<br/>2.1 Getting Started<br/>2.2 Literary Sources<br/>2.3 Finding Cases<br/>2.4 Finding and Updating Legislation<br/>2.5 Finding EC Law<br/>2.6 Using Computerised Information Retrieval Systems<br/>2.7 Concluding Remarks<br/>3 Reading the Law;<br/>3.1 Reading Statutes<br/>3.2 Reading Cases<br/>3.3 Reading Books and Articles<br/>3.4 From Reading to Writing<br/>3.5 Conclusion<br/>4 Law, Fact, and Language;<br/>4.1 Law and Fact<br/>4.2 Law and Language<br/>4.3 Fact, Language, and the Judicial Construction of Cases<br/>5 The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent;<br/>5.1 Introduction<br/>5.2 The Idea of Binding Precedent<br/>5.3 Establishing the Principle in a Case<br/>5.4 The Mechanics of Stare Decisis<br/>5.5 Are there any other Exceptions to the Application of Stare Decisis to the Court of Appeal that have Emerged since 1944?<br/>5.6 Does Every Case have to be Heard by the Court of Appeal before it can Proceed to the House of Lords?<br/>5.7 Precedent in the Higher Courts: Summary<br/>5.8 Other Courts<br/>5.9 Impact of Human Rights Legislation<br/>5.10 Conclusion<br/>6 How Precedent Operates: Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum;<br/>6.1 Introduction<br/>6.2 Development of Case Law<br/>6.3 Trying to Define Ratio Decidendi<br/>6.4 Perception and Ratio<br/>6.5 Ratio and Interpretation<br/>6.6 Summary of Points Covered<br/>6.7 Obiter Dictum<br/>6.8 How Precedents Develop<br/>6.9 Answering Legal Questions on Precedent<br/>6.10 Material Facts<br/>6.11 What can Happen to a Case?<br/>6.12 The Postal Rule Cases<br/>6.13 The 'Uncertainty Principle' of Cases<br/>6.14 Conclusion'<br/>7 Making Sense of Statutes<br/>7.1 Introduction<br/>7.2 Drafting Styles<br/>7.3 The Problems of Drafting Statutes in English Law<br/>7.4 Examples of Drafting Practices and How to Approach Them<br/>7.5 Amending Earlier Statutes<br/>7.6 Other Points in Drafting<br/>7.7 European Legislative Drafting<br/>7.8 The Style of Community Legislation<br/>7.9 Conclusion<br/>8 Interpreting Statutes;<br/>8.1 Introduction<br/>8.2 The So-called Rules of Interpretation<br/>8.3 Examples of the 'Rules' in Action<br/>8.4 Secondary Aids to Construction<br/>8.5 The Use of Hansard<br/>8.6 From Rules to Reality<br/>8.7 Interpretation and the European Community<br/>8.8 Interpretation and the Human Rights Act 1998<br/>8.9 Interpreting Secondary Legislation<br/>8.10 Illustration of how to Analyse a Case on Statutory Interpretation<br/>8.11 Conclusion<br/>9 'Bringing Rights Home': Legal Method and the Convention Rights;<br/>9.1 Introduction<br/>9.2 The European Convention on Human Rights<br/>9.3 Incorporation under the Human Rights Act 1998<br/>9.4 Incorporation under the Devolution Acts<br/>9.5 The Developing Case Law<br/>9.6 The Consequences for Legal Method 0): Statutory Interpretation<br/>9.7 The Consequences for Legal Method (2): Precedent<br/>9.8 Legal Research and Argumentation<br/>9.9 Conclusion<br/>10 European Legal Method;<br/>10.1 The Sources of Community Law<br/>10.2 The Institutions<br/>10.3 Analytical Techniques Employed by European Lawyers<br/>10.4 The Effect of EC Law on the Drafting and Interpretation of UK Legislation<br/>10.5 Conclusion<br/>11 Exploiting Legal Reasoning;<br/>11.1 Logic and Legal Reasoning<br/>11.2 The Limits of Logic<br/>11.3 The Decision Analysis Method<br/>Index<br/>
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Topical term or geographic name entry element 1.Legal Skills2.Legal Methods - Reasoning3 Lawyering Skill
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Webb Julian S
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