University of Kabianga

Learning legal rules :

Holland, James A. (Law teacher),

Learning legal rules : a students' guide to legal method and reasoning / James Holland, LLB, PhD, Barrister, Professor of Employment Law and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Business and Law, University of the West of England, Bristol; Julian Webb, BA, LLM, LLd, FRSA, Professor of Legal Education, School of Law, University of Warwick. - Eighth edition. - xxiv, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding the law -- Finding the law -- Reading the law -- From reading to writing -- Law, fact, and language -- The doctrine of judicial precedent -- How precedent operates : ratio decidendi and obiter dictum -- Making sense of statutes -- Interpreting statutes -- 'Bringing rights home' : legal method and the convention rights -- European legal method -- Exploiting legal reasoning.

9780199657490 (pbk.) 0199657491 (pbk.)

2013363544


Law--Methodology.
Law--Great Britain.

K212 / .H65 2013