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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... considered to be 'true', or 'right' or the only way of thinking about the world. It is assumed by their very familiarity that these assumptions reflect reality without distortion. Yet all too often these 'taken for granted' assumptions ...
... considered to be 'true', or 'right' or the only way of thinking about the world. It is assumed by their very familiarity that these assumptions reflect reality without distortion. Yet all too often these 'taken for granted' assumptions ...
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... considered, evaluated and either accepted or rejected. This is not a theoretical text designed to discuss in detail the importance of a range oflegal doctrines such as precedent and the crucial importance of case authority. Other texts ...
... considered, evaluated and either accepted or rejected. This is not a theoretical text designed to discuss in detail the importance of a range oflegal doctrines such as precedent and the crucial importance of case authority. Other texts ...
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... considered because it is the religion that remains today at the core of English law. This is one reason why English law can have, and has had, difficulty with concepts from differing religious traditions that have presented themselves ...
... considered because it is the religion that remains today at the core of English law. This is one reason why English law can have, and has had, difficulty with concepts from differing religious traditions that have presented themselves ...
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Contents
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9 | |
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