Legal Method

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

• Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Series: Macmillan Professional Masters
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning....Pages 3-23
The Classifications of English Law....Pages 24-41
The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts....Pages 42-54
The Constitutional Context of Legal Method....Pages 55-65
The Legal Structure of the European Community....Pages 66-72
The Enforceability of European Community Law in the United Kingdom....Pages 73-79
European Community Law and National Sovereignty....Pages 80-87
Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law....Pages 88-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
An Introduction to the Doctrine of Binding Precedent....Pages 107-115
Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum....Pages 116-130
Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent....Pages 131-135
Does the House of Lords Bind Itself?....Pages 136-154
Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself?....Pages 155-162
Does the High Court Bind Itself?....Pages 163-165
Precedent as a Vehicle for Law Reform....Pages 166-175
Precedent in the European Court of Justice....Pages 176-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation....Pages 187-192
Legislative Drafting....Pages 193-210
Plain Meanings, Mischiefs and Purposes....Pages 211-224
The Idea of Legislative Intention....Pages 225-233
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Modern Interpretation in Practice....Pages 234-273
Some Studies of Statutory Drafting and Interpretation....Pages 274-279
The Principles of Interpretation Used by the European Court of Justice....Pages 280-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-302

✦ Subjects

Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History