
Learning Legal Rules
Oxford University Press
7th Edition
Published on 13. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-19-955774-5 (ISBN)
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Description
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. The seventh edition of this well-established text has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on legal writing to help students prepare for their essays and exams. In line with modern teaching practices, there is further guidance on the use of online legal resources, while the material on the accompanying web site has also been expanded. Online Resource Centre For students: Guidance on essay writing Guidance on answering legal problems Self-test questions Guidance notes on statutory interpretation and case law analysis Web links For lecturers: Seminar problems Test bank Diagrams from the book
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Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
All law students who are taking a legal skills/method module in their first year of the course.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
701 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-955774-5 (9780199557745)
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8th Edition
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James A. Holland
Learning Legal Rules
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06/2006
6th Edition
Oxford University Press
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Persons
James Holland, Professor of Law, University of the West of England, Bristol, and Julian Webb, Professor of Legal Education, University of Warwick
Content
1. Understanding the law; 2. Finding the law; 3. Reading the law; 4. From reading to writing; 5. Law, fact, and language; 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; 12. Exploiting legal reasoning