Legal Method (Paperback)

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.