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Legal method / Ian McLeod.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave Macmillan law mastersPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxxiii, 363 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230579167
  • 9780230579163
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.42 22
Contents:
Part I. An Introduction To Law and Legal Reasoning -- The Classifications of English Law -- The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts -- The Constitutional Context of Legal Method -- The Legal Structure of the European Community -- The Enforceability of European Community Law in the United Kingdom -- European Community Law and National Sovereignty -- The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law -- Part II. An Introduction To the Doctrine of Binding Precedent -- Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum -- Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent -- Does the House of Lords Bind Itself? -- Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself? -- Does the High Court Bind Itself? -- Precedent as a Vehicle for Law Reform -- Precedent and Principle in the European Court of Justice -- Part III. Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation -- An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation -- Legislative Drafting -- Plain Meanings, Mischiefs, Purposes and Legislative Intention -- Modern Interpretation in Practice -- Legislative Interpretation in the European Court of Justice.
Summary: "Legal Method provides a lively introduction to both the nature of the English legal system and its sources, and the techniques which lawyers use when handling those sources. Now in its seventh edition, Legal Method is a popular text for those who want a clear introduction to the subject. This edition has been fully updated throughout."--Publisher's website.
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Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes index.

Part I. An Introduction To Law and Legal Reasoning -- The Classifications of English Law -- The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts -- The Constitutional Context of Legal Method -- The Legal Structure of the European Community -- The Enforceability of European Community Law in the United Kingdom -- European Community Law and National Sovereignty -- The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law -- Part II. An Introduction To the Doctrine of Binding Precedent -- Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum -- Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent -- Does the House of Lords Bind Itself? -- Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself? -- Does the High Court Bind Itself? -- Precedent as a Vehicle for Law Reform -- Precedent and Principle in the European Court of Justice -- Part III. Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation -- An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation -- Legislative Drafting -- Plain Meanings, Mischiefs, Purposes and Legislative Intention -- Modern Interpretation in Practice -- Legislative Interpretation in the European Court of Justice.

"Legal Method provides a lively introduction to both the nature of the English legal system and its sources, and the techniques which lawyers use when handling those sources. Now in its seventh edition, Legal Method is a popular text for those who want a clear introduction to the subject. This edition has been fully updated throughout."--Publisher's website.

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