Legal Method
9th Edition
Published on 31. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-137-02768-9 (ISBN)
Description
Legal Method commonly refers to a set of techniques used to analyse, handle sources and apply the law and to determine the appropriate weight that should be accorded to different sources of law.
This text assumes no prior knowledge of the subject matter and makes its content accessible by clarity of expression rather than by dilution of content. In addition to more conventional sources, writers as varied as Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and T. S. Eliot are cited.
This text assumes no prior knowledge of the subject matter and makes its content accessible by clarity of expression rather than by dilution of content. In addition to more conventional sources, writers as varied as Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and T. S. Eliot are cited.
Reviews / Votes
"This book continues to be the most erudite and yet readable book of its kind." - Leonard Jason-Lloyd, Visiting Fellow at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Loughborough University, UK (review of previous edition)More details
Series
Edition
9th ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
85 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
559 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-02768-9 (9781137027689)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-12270-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Ian McLeod
Legal Method
Book
03/2011
8th Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€29.70
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Person
Ian McLeod is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Stirling, UK. Following professional experience as a local government lawyer and a prosecuting solicitor, he has specialized in teaching Legal Method, Legal Theory and Public Law. His other publications include Legal Theory in the Palgrave Law Masters series.
Content
PART I: IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS.- 1. An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning.- 2. The Classifications of English Law.- 3. The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts.- 4. The Constitutional Context of Legal Method.- 5. European Community Law and English Law.- 6. The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.- 7. Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law.- PART II: CASE-LAW AND PRECEDENT.- 8. An Introduction to the Doctrine of Binding Precedent.- 9. Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum.- 10. Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent.- 11. Does the House of Lords Bind Itself?.- 12. Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself?.- 13. Does the High Court Bind Itself?.- 14. Arguments For and Against Judicial Law Making.- 15. Precedent and Principle in the European Court of Justice.- PART III: LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE INTERPRETATION.- 16. An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation.- 17. Statutory Drafting.- 18. Plain Meanings, Mischiefs, Purposes and Legislative Intention.- 19. Modern Interpretation in Practice.- 20. Legislative Interpretation in the European Court of Justice.