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Learning Legal Rules A Student's Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning
By
James Holland and Julian Webb
Description
* Introduces the key topics in
legal method and skills, enabling students to understand and put into
practice key skills they will need throughout their degree course
* Includes a dedicated chapter on
ratio decidendi and obiter dictum , which are difficult and yet vital
concepts which first-year students may struggle to understand and put
into practice
* Includes material on human rights
and the influence of the EU, which sets the English legal system in
its wider context and introduces these key topics from the outset
* An Online Resource Centre
provides updates, guidance on answering legal problems, guidance on
essay writing, self-test questions, and web links, offering students
valuable support at the start of their course and allowing them to
develop their written skills
New to this edition
* New 2-colour text design makes
the book more user-friendly and allows the student to distinguish
easily between text and exercises
* A test bank of 200 multiple
choice questions and answers provides additional support to lecturers
and students using the book and helps to test students\\\' knowledge and
to develop their understanding of key topics
* Now includes extra material on
how cases are reported in chapter 5 which provides valuable
background for students before they begin to study the doctrine of
precedent
* Includes new exercises, diagrams,
and improved sub-headings throughout
* Chapters on the EU and Human
Rights have been updated to include recent changes
Among the many new skills law students
have to acquire, using legal method and solving legal problems are
possibly the most important. Yet all too often these legal skills are
ignored, and it is assumed that students will acquire them as they
progress through their course.
Learning Legal Rules brings together
the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in a readily
accessible style. The book explains how to uncover and exploit the
mysteries of legal materials. This is then used to draw the student
into the techniques of legal analysis and argument and the operation
of precedent and statutory interpretation. Throughout the book the
authors also examine the importance of human rights and the
permeating influence of EC.
Online Resource Centre
Lecturer resources
Test bank - a ready-made electronic
testing resource which can be customised to your teaching needs
feedback
Seminar problems - additional seminar
exercises to support teaching
VLE Content
Student resources
Gudiance on answering legal problems -
working examples of how a lawyer has to approach the material
available
Guidance on essay writing - supplements
the materials available in chapters 2 and 3
Self-test questions - enables students
to test their knowledge of issues covered in the book
Web links - links to other useful
websites
Guidance notes on statutory
interpretation and case law analysis - an exercise combining elements
of case law analysis, reading statutes and statutory interpretation
Readership: Suitable for
undergraduates taking courses in legal method or the English legal
system. Also suitable for anyone interested in the basic principles
of the English legal system.
Contents
1. 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
Authors, editors, and contributors
James Holland, Professor of Law,
University of the West of England, Bristol and
Julian Webb, Professor of Legal
Education, University of Warwick
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