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020			_a9780230285682 _q paperback
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100			_aMcLeod, T. I. _eauthor. _q(T. Ian)
245			_aLegal method _c Ian McLeod, Visiting Professor of Law, Stirling Law School, University of Stirling
250			_aEighth edition.
260			_a Basingstoke _b Palgrave Macmillan _c2011
300			_a1 online resource.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
500			_a PART I: IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS 1. An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning 2. The Classifications of English Law 3. The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts 4. The Constitutional Context of Legal Method 5. European Community Law and English Law 6. The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 7. Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law PART II: CASE-LAW AND PRECEDENT 8. An Introduction to the Doctrine of Binding Precedent 9. Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum 10. Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent 11. Does the House of Lords Bind Itself? 12. Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself? 13. Does the High Court Bind Itself? 14. Arguments For and Against Judicial Law Making 15. Precedent and Principle in the European Court of Justice PART III: LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE INTERPRETATION 16. An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation 17. Statutory Drafting 18. Plain Meanings, Mischiefs, Purposes and Legislative Intention 19. Modern Interpretation in Practice 20. Legislative Interpretation in the European Court of Justice
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