Legal Method. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian McLeod.
• Authors: McLeod, Ian
• Contents: 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
• Edition: 9th
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: General Practice; Law; Laws of Specific jurisdictions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137260734; 1137260734
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.