Full Description
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
- 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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Contents
1: Understanding the Law
2: Finding the Law
3: Reading the Law
4: From Reading to Writing
5: The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent
6: How Precedent Operates: Ratio Decidendi and
obiter Dictum
7: Making Sense of Statutes
8: Interpreting Statutes
9: 'Bringing Rights Home': Legal Method and Convention Rights
10: Retained EU Law and Legal Method
11: Understanding Legal Reasoning and the Future of Law
