Legal Method

✍ Scribed by Ian McLeod LLB BA BPhil (auth.)

• Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 376
• Series: Macmillan Law Masters
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning....Pages 3-21
The Classifications of English Law....Pages 22-40
The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts....Pages 41-56
The Constitutional Context of Legal Method....Pages 57-66
The Legal Structure of the European Community....Pages 67-76
The Enforceability of European Community Law in the United Kingdom....Pages 77-86
European Community Law and National Sovereignty....Pages 87-96
The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms....Pages 97-111
Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law....Pages 112-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
An Introduction to the Doctrine of Binding Precedent....Pages 131-142
Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum....Pages 143-157
Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent....Pages 158-164
Does the House of Lords Bind Itself?....Pages 165-184
Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself?....Pages 185-195
Does the High Court Bind Itself?....Pages 196-199
Precedent as a Vehicle for Law Reform....Pages 200-214
Precedent and Principle in the European Court of Justice....Pages 215-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation....Pages 227-232
Legislative Drafting....Pages 233-252
Plain Meanings, Mischiefs and Purposes....Pages 253-268
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The Idea of Legislative Intention....Pages 269-280
Modern Interpretation in Practice....Pages 281-324
Legislative Interpretation in the European Court of Justice....Pages 325-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-351

✦ Subjects

Philosophy of Law