Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

Tenth Edition

James Holland and Julian Webb

Written by two distinguished authors, this is the trusted and established guide to legal method and skills for undergraduate students
Provides dedicated guidance on areas students find difficult including statutory interpretation, ratio decidendi, and obiter dictum
Takes a practical approach with exercises and questions throughout so students can confirm their understanding and develop their legal reasoning skills
Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this Edition:

A brand new chapter on 'Constructing the legal argument' guides students through the process of developing their arguments in essay writing and other medium
The dedicated European legal method chapter has been thoroughly updated to inform students on Brexit, and explain how EU law will exist in the UK post-Brexit

Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

Tenth Edition

James Holland and Julian Webb

Description

Written by leading authors with extensive experience in both teaching and practice, this established and trusted title equips the student with all the techniques of legal research, analysis, and argument they will need for their law course and beyond. Holland & Webb take an engaging and practical approach with examples and exercises throughout which allow students to develop their knowledge and their reasoning skills making this an ideal text for first year students.

Digital formats and resources
Learning Legal Rules is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- The book is supported by online resources complete with 200 multiple choice questions with feedback for students.

Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

Tenth Edition

James Holland and Julian Webb

1:Understanding the law
2:Finding the law
3:Reading the law
4:From reading to writing
5:Constructing the legal argument
6:The doctrine of judicial precedent
7:How precedent operates: ratio decidendi and obiter dictum
8:Making sense of statutes
9:Interpreting statutes
10:'Bringing rights home': legal method and convention rights
11:European legal method

Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

Tenth Edition

James Holland and Julian Webb

Author Information

James Holland, Professor Emeritus, Bristol Law School, University of the West of England, and Julian Webb, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School

James Holland is a Barrister and Professor Emeritus at Bristol Law School, the University of the West of England.

Julian Webb is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School. He is also Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and Visiting Professor at the University of Derby.