Legal Method and Reasoning

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Sharon Hanson
Routledge, Sep 10, 2012 - Law - 496 pages

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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Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 The Power of Language
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
10 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
Index
471
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Sharon Hanson, LLB, MA, is Director of the Legal Studies Programme and Director of the Theology Diploma in the Faculty of Continuing Education at Birkbeck College, University of London.

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