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Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation
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About this book
The second edition of Ian McLeod's highly successful Legal Method has been fully revised and up-dated in respect of both English and Community sources of law, and continues to provide a lively introduction to the nature of law and legal reasoning. The book, which is both a self-contained study and an invaluable foundation for legal education, is divided into three parts: Ideas and Institutions, Case-Law and Precedent, and Statute Law and Statutory Interpretation. The constant theme is how uncertainties arise within the law and how the course resolves them. The text has been made accessible by lucid explanation rather than by dilution. The sources cited range from W.S. Gilbert and G.K. Chesterton to Alexander Pope and T.S. Eliot, in addition to a wealth of more conventional legal authorities. Reviewing the first edition, the Statute Law Review commented that the author has 'managed, unlike the authors of many contemporary students, to integrate the European Community legal dimension'.
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About the author
Following professional experience as a local government lawyer and a prosecuting solicitor, Ian McLeod has specialized in teaching legal method, legal theory and public law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Legal Method
Authors: Ian McLeod
Series Title: Macmillan Law Masters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14289-7
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Thomas Ian McLeod 1996
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVI, 357
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Fundamentals of Law