Part 1. Ideas and institutions. - p. 1.

1. An introduction to law and legal reasoning. - p. 3.

2. The classifications of english law. - p. 23.

3. The juridictions of the principal English courts. - p. 43.

4. The constitutional context of legal method. - p. 61.

5. European community and english law. - p. 73.

6. The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. - p. 90.

7. Finding, citing and using the sources of law. - p. 108.

Part 2. Case-law and precedent. - p. 127.

8. An introduction to the doctrine of binding precedent. - p. 129.

9. Ratio decidenti and obiter dictum. - p. 148.

10. Vertical and horizontal dimensions of precedent. - p. 163.

11. Does the house bind itself ? - p. 172.

12. Does the Court of Appeal bind itself? - p. 193.

13. Does the High Court bind itself? - p. 205.

14. Arguments for the against judicial law-making. - p. 208.

15. Precedent and principle in the European Court of Justice. - p. 223.

Part 3. Legislation and legislative interpretation. - p. 233.

16. An introduction to statute law and statutory interpretation. - p. 235.

17. Statutory drafting. - p. 241.

18. Plain meanings, mischiefs and purposes. - p. 255.

19. The idea of legislative intention. - p. 272.

20. Modern statutory interpretation in practice. - p. 285.

21. Legislative interpretation in the European Court of Justice. - p. 336.

Appendix 1. Law reports and journals. - p. 344.

Appendix 2. Extract from the Interpretation Act 1978. - p. 347.

Appendix 3. articles 2-12 and 14 of, and Articles 1-3 of the first Protocol and Articles 1@2 of the Sixt Protocol to, the European Convention for the Protection of the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950. - p. 351.

Selected further reading. - p. 357.

Index. - p. 360.

ISBN: 0-230-01334-1: 110.00

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MCLEOD, Ian

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