TY - BOOK AU - Scragg,Richard J. TI - New Zealand's legal system: the principles of legal method SN - 0195584228 AV - KUQ68 U1 - 349.93 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Melbourne, Vic., Auckland [N.Z.] PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law KW - New Zealand KW - Methodology KW - Interpretation and construction N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; The concept of law --; 2; The nature of common law --; 3; Case analysis --; 4; The nature of statute law --; 5; Statutory interpretation --; 6; The building of a corpus of law --; 7; Reasoning by analogy N2 - "Written especially for first-year law students, this is an indispensable guide to the essential principles and skills of legal analysis. A mix of theory, instruction and demonstration is used to show students how - and why - to analyse cases, interpret statutes, and reason by analogy."--Jacket ER -