Legal Method and ReasoningSharon Hanson Language skills,study skills, argument skills and legal knowledge are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. Legal Method Reasoning offers a range of 'how to' techniques for acquiring these skills. It shows how to handle and use legal texts, how to read and write about the law, how to acquire disciplined study techniques and how to construct legal arguments. This new edition will be of value to both undergraduate and postgraduate law students. |
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... human rights including the Human Rights Act 1998. The substantive law textbooks most correctly state that human rights is distinct from European and Community law but I have decided to place them within the context of the UK ...
... human rights including the Human Rights Act 1998. The substantive law textbooks most correctly state that human rights is distinct from European and Community law but I have decided to place them within the context of the UK ...
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... human rights 3.3.6 Summary Understanding the format of a statute 3.4.1 Introduction 3.4.2 Types of legislation: primary and secondary 3.4.3 The internal layout of legislation: a statute 3.4.4 Case study: breaking into statutes 3.4.4.1 ...
... human rights 3.3.6 Summary Understanding the format of a statute 3.4.1 Introduction 3.4.2 Types of legislation: primary and secondary 3.4.3 The internal layout of legislation: a statute 3.4.4 Case study: breaking into statutes 3.4.4.1 ...
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... Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 121 5.4.1 Background 121 5.4.1.1 The Council of Europe 121 5.4.2 Institutions enforcing the Convention 121 5.4.3 Relationship of the Convention with English law 122 5.4.3.1 1951–98 122 5.4.3.2 Human ...
... Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 121 5.4.1 Background 121 5.4.1.1 The Council of Europe 121 5.4.2 Institutions enforcing the Convention 121 5.4.3 Relationship of the Convention with English law 122 5.4.3.1 1951–98 122 5.4.3.2 Human ...
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... Human Rights Act 1998 APPENDIX 3—THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION (2) FACTORTAME CASE STUDY MATERIALS AND EXTRACTS FROM TILLOTSON (1) R v Secretary of State for Transport ex p Factortame Ltd and Others [1989] 2 CMLR 353 (2) Tillotson, J, European ...
... Human Rights Act 1998 APPENDIX 3—THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION (2) FACTORTAME CASE STUDY MATERIALS AND EXTRACTS FROM TILLOTSON (1) R v Secretary of State for Transport ex p Factortame Ltd and Others [1989] 2 CMLR 353 (2) Tillotson, J, European ...
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... human rights law; • argument construction and deconstruction; • answering legal questions, both problems and essays; • legal reading and writing skills; • oral argument skills. So, as you can see, there are many skills to be acquired ...
... human rights law; • argument construction and deconstruction; • answering legal questions, both problems and essays; • legal reading and writing skills; • oral argument skills. So, as you can see, there are many skills to be acquired ...
Contents
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3 Reading and Understanding Legislation | 29 |
4 Reading and Understanding Law Reports | 61 |
5 Reading English LawThe
European Dimension | 113 |
6 Reading Books About LawA
Reading Strategy | 173 |
7 Legal Argument Construction | 196 |
8 Writing Essays and Answers to Problem Questions | 251 |
Using Primary and Secondary Legal Texts to Construct Arguments in Answer to One Particular Question | 269 |
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Conclusion | 305 |
English Primary Legal Texts | 309 |
The European Dimension 1 Primary
and Secondary Texts | 331 |
The European Dimension 2 Factortame Case Study Materials
and Extracts From Tillotson | 371 |
Bibliography | 468 |
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applicants areas argument construction Article 177 British fishing vessels chapter Commission Common Fisheries Policy competent concerned considered Council Court of Appeal Court of Justice decided decision diagram direct effect Divisional Court EC law EEC Treaty enforce English law English legal system ensure European Community law European Court European Union Factortame facts Figure Government grant interim relief House of Lords Human Rights important incompatible inductive reasoning interim injunction interim protection interpretation issues judge judgment jurisdiction language law reports legal rules liability Lord Bridge Lord Denning meaning Member method national court national law Northern Ireland obligations paragraph Parliament party person preliminary ruling principle problem question procedure proceedings provisions of Community quotas reading reasoning reference registered Regulations relation relevant remedies rights claimed Secretary skills statute statutory statutory instrument Theft Act 1968 Treaty of Rome understanding United Kingdom validity Wigmore Chart words