Legal Method, 8th Edition

PART I: IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS 

• An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
• The Classifications of English Law
• The Jurisdictions of the Principal English Courts
• The Constitutional Context of Legal Method
• European Community Law and English Law
• The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• Finding, Citing and Using the Sources of Law

PART II: CASE-LAW AND PRECEDENT 

• An Introduction to the Doctrine of Binding Precedent
• Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum
• Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Precedent
• Does the House of Lords Bind Itself?
• Does the Court of Appeal Bind Itself?
• Does the High Court Bind Itself?
• Arguments For and Against Judicial Law Making 
• Precedent and Principle in the European Court of Justice

PART III: LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE INTERPRETATION

• An Introduction to Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation
• Statutory Drafting
• Plain Meanings, Mischiefs, Purposes and Legislative Intention
• Modern Interpretation in Practice
• Legislative Interpretation in the European Court of Justice