Part I Ideas and institutions
1 An introduction to law and legal reasoning
2 The classifications of English law
3 The jurisdictions of the principal English courts
4 The constitutional context of legal method
5 European Union law and English law
6 The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms
7 Finding, citing and using the sources of law
Part II Case-law and precedent
8 An introduction to the doctrine of binding precedent
9 Ratio decidendi and obiter dictum
10 Vertical and horizontal dimensions of precedent
11 Does the Supreme Court bind itself?
12 Does the Court of Appeal bind itself?
13 Does the High Court bind itself?
14 Arguments for and against judicial law-making
15 Precedent and principle in the Erropean Court of Justice
Part III Legislation and legislative interpretation
16 An introduction to statute law and statutory interpretation
17 Statutory drafting
18 Plain meanings, mischiefs, purposes and legislative intention
19 Modern statutory interpretation in practice
20 Legislative interpretation in the European Court of Justice

This self-contained study and foundation book for legal training deals with how the course of law (both English and European Community) resolves the uncertainties that arise within the law, the basis of legal reasoning, and the nature of law itself. (Source: WorldCat)