Learning Legal Rules
A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning
10th Edition
Published on 5. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-19-879990-0 (ISBN)
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
Learning Legal Rules is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- The book is supported by online resources complete with 200 multiple choice questions with feedback for students.
students.
Digital formats and resources
Learning Legal Rules is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- The book is supported by online resources complete with 200 multiple choice questions with feedback for students.
More details
Edition
10th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
638 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-879990-0 (9780198799900)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
James Holland is a Barrister and Professor Emeritus at Bristol Law School, the University of the West of England.
Julian Webb is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School. He is also Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and Visiting Professor at the University of Derby.
Julian Webb is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School. He is also Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and Visiting Professor at the University of Derby.
Content
1: Understanding the law 2: Finding the law 3: Reading the law 4: From reading to writing 5: Constructing the legal argument 6: The doctrine of judicial precedent 7: How precedent operates: ratio decidendi and obiter dictum 8: Making sense of statutes 9: Interpreting statutes 10: 'Bringing rights home': legal method and convention rights 11: European legal method