Holland, James A. (Law teacher)

Learning legal rules : a student's guide to legal method and reasoning. / James A. Holland, Julian S. Webb ; foreword by Lord Templeman. - 6th ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxvi, 376 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Understanding the law -- Finding the law -- Reading the law -- Law, fact and language -- The Doctrine of judicial precedent -- How precedent operates: ratio decidendi and obiter dictum -- making sense of statues -- Interpreting statues -- Bringing rights home: legal method and the convention rights -- European legal method -- Exploiting legal reasoning.

9780199282500 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199282501 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006284707


Law--Methodology.
Law--Great Britain.

K212.H65