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Holland & Webb: Learning Legal Rules 6e

Chapter 06 - 08

The answers to these questions can be found in the book, by referring to the cited chapter and section.

  1. How do you determine what the "material facts" of a case are?

    2. Reference: Section 6.10

  2. How is ratio decidendi defined?

    3. Reference: Section 6.3

  3. What is meant by the term obiter dictum?

    4. Reference: Section 6.7

  4. How do you set about reading statutes which have been amended by a later Act?

    5. Reference: Section 7.5

  5. What case decided that the short title of a statute was not a valid aid to interpretation?

    6. Reference: Section 8.4.1

  6. What did the case of Coltman v. Bibby Tankers decide on the meaning of the word "includes" in an Act?

    7. Reference: Section 8.4.2

  7. What is meant by the term "reading a section eiusdem generis"?

    8. Reference: Section 8.4.4

  8. When is a statute said to be in pari materia with another Act?

    9. Reference: Section 8.4.7

  9. Under what circumstances can Hansard be referred to?

    10. Reference: Section 8.5