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Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning 11th Revised edition


Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning 11th Revised edition

Paperback by Holland, James (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Bristol Law School, University of the West of England); Webb, Julian (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School)

Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

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ISBN:
9780192849090
Publication Date:
22 Jun 2022
Edition/language:
11th Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
416 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 2 - 3 May 2024
Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

Description

Written by leading authors with extensive experience in both teaching and practice, this established and trusted title equips the student with all the techniques of legal research, analysis, and argument they will need for their law course and beyond. Holland & Webb take an engaging and practical approach with examples and exercises throughout which allow students to develop their knowledge and their reasoning skills making this an ideal text for first year students. Digital formats and resources The eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - The ebook offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - The accompanying online resources include multiple choice questions for each chapter, links to useful websites and a guide to using Halsbury's Laws. For futher insight into legal skills, visit legaleducation.wordpress.com.

Contents

1: Understanding the Law 2: Finding the Law 3: Reading the Law 4: From Reading to Writing 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: Retained EU Law and Legal Method 11: Understanding Legal Reasoning and the Future of Law

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