Legal Method (Palgrave Professional Masters)

by IanMcLeod (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $5.58

  Ian McLeod introduces the nature of law and legal reasoning for everyone beginning serious legal study or training. Starting with the English Legal System and Constitutional Law Legal Method moves on to Case Law and Precedent, Statute Law and Interpretation taking in European Community law as it arises. Points are made with illustrations from T.S. Eliot, W.S. Gilbert and the Dalai Lama, as well as professional sources. The author emphasizes the extent of judges' discretion in deciding points of law, and shows what this discretion is based on. It is suitable for the Common Professional Examination, for law degrees (LLB), jurisprudence courses and for professional non-law students beginning the study of law.

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.42

  Why do some rules have the status of law while others do not? Is law simply a matter of rules anyway? What is justice? Is there a duty to obey a law even if it is unjust? Should the law concern itself with the activities of consenting adults in private? This work asks questions such as these and explains some of the answers which legal theorists have given, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Written in a readable style, this book aims to make intrinsically difficult material accessible and interesting.

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $6.18

  Legal Method provides a lively introduction to both the nature of the English legal system and its sources, and the techniques which lawyers use when handling those sources. Now in its sixth edition, Legal Method is an extremely popular text for those who want a clear and accessible introduction to the subject. This edition has been fully updated throughout.