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Author:   Ian McLeod (Stirling Law School, University of Stirling)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   9th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781137027689

ISBN 10:   1137027681
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   31 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of 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.

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"""This book continues to be the most erudite and yet readable book of its kind."" - Leonard Jason-Lloyd, Visiting Fellow at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Loughborough University, UK (review of previous edition)"

This book continues to be the most erudite and yet readable book of its kind. - Leonard Jason-Lloyd, Visiting Fellow at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Loughborough University, UK (review of previous edition)

Author Information

Ian McLeod is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Stirling, UK. Following professional experience as a local government lawyer and a prosecuting solicitor, he has specialized in teaching Legal Method, Legal Theory and Public Law. His other publications include Legal Theory in the Palgrave Law Masters series.

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