Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

by James Holland, Julian Webb

Overview

Written by leading authors with extensive experience in both teaching and practice, this established and trusted title equips the student with all the techniques of legal research, analysis, and argument they will need for their law course and beyond. Holland & Webb take an engaging and practical approach with examples and exercises throughout which allow students to develop their knowledge and their reasoning skills making this an ideal text for first year students.

Digital formats and resources
The eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.

- The ebook offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks http://www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- The accompanying online resources include multiple choice questions for each chapter, links to useful websites and a guide to using Halsbury's Laws.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192849090
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/19/2022
Edition description:	11th ed.
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	9.70(w) x 6.83(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

James Holland, Professor Emeritus, Bristol Law School, University of the West of England,Julian Webb, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School

James Holland is a Barrister and Professor Emeritus at Bristol Law School, the University of the West of England.

Julian Webb is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School. He is also Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and Visiting Professor at the University of Derby.

Table of Contents

1. Understanding the Law2. Finding the Law3. Reading the Law4. From Reading to Writing5. The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent6. How Precedent Operates: Ratio Decidendi and obiter Dictum7. Making Sense of Statutes8. Interpreting Statutes9. 'Bringing Rights Home': Legal Method and Convention Rights10. Retained EU Law and Legal Method11. Understanding Legal Reasoning and the Future of Law