Holland, James A. (Law teacher)

Learning legal rules : a student's guide to legal method and reasoning / James A. Holland, Julian S. Webb ; foreword by Lord Templeman. - 6th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxvi, 376 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by The Rt Hon Lord Templeman MBE. - Preface to the Sixth Edition. - Acknowledgements. - Table of Cases. - 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 the Convention rights. - 10. European Legal Method. - 11. Exploiting Legal Reasoning. - Index.

9780199282500 (pbk.) 0199282501 (pbk.)

2006-284707


Law--Methodology.
Law--Great Britain.

340.1 / HOL