Learning Legal Rules
Seventh Edition
ISBN13: 9780199557745ISBN10: 0199557748
Paperback,
440 pages
Jun 2010,
In Stock
Price:
$49.50 (04)Description
Learning Legal Rules brings together the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in a readily accessible style. The book explains how to uncover and exploit the mysteries of legal materials. This is then used to draw the student into the techniques of legal analysis and argument and the operation of precedent and statutory interpretation. Throughout the book the authors also examine the importance of human rights and the permeating influence of EC.The seventh edition of this well-established text has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on legal writing to help students prepare for their essays and exams. In line with modern teaching practices, there is further guidance on the use of online legal resources, while the material on the accompanying web site has also been expanded.
Online Resource Centre
For students:
Guidance on essay writing
Guidance on answering legal problems
Self-test questions
Guidance notes on statutory interpretation and case law analysis
Web links
For lecturers:
Seminar problems
Test bank
Diagrams from the book
Features
- Introduces the key topics in legal method and skills, enabling students to understand and put into practice key skills they will need throughout their degree course
- Includes a dedicated chapter on ratio decidendi and obiter dictum, which are difficult and yet vital concepts which first-year students may struggle to understand and put into practice
- Includes material on human rights and the influence of the EU, which sets the English legal system in its wider context and introduces these key topics from the outset
- It is accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre, complete with a test bank of 200 multiple choice questions for use by lecturers, and self-test questions for students with guideline answers
- The seventh edition includes a chapter on legal writing to help students prepare for their essays and exams
- There is further guidance on the use of online legal resources
- The accompanying web site has been expanded to include sections on interpreting legal materials, case citations, and diagrams from the book are now available for lecturers to download
About the Author(s)
James Holland is a Barrister, Professor of Legal Method and Employment Law, and Head of Bristol Law School. He is also co-author of Employment Law 2009: LPC Guide (OUP, 2009)
Julian Webb is is Professor of Legal Education at the University of Warwick and Director of the Higher Education Academy, UK Centre for Legal Education. He has published widely on the legal profession and is also co-author of Lawyers' Skills 2009-2010 (OUP, 2009).
