Learning legal rules - James Holland

Among the many new skills law students have to acquire, using legal method and solving legal problems are possibly the most important. Yet all too often these legal skills are ignored, and it is assumed that students will acquire them as they progress through their course.
Learning Legal Rules brings together the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in a readily accessible style. The book explains how to uncover and exploit the mysteries of legal materials. This is then used to draw the student into the techniques of legal analysis and argument and the operation of precedent and statutory interpretation. Throughout the book the authors also examine the importance of human rights and the permeating influence of EC.
Online Resource Centre
Lecturer resources
Test bank - a ready-made electronic testing resource which can be customised to your teaching needs feedback
Seminar problems - additional seminar exercises to support teaching
VLE Content
Student resources
Gudiance on answering legal problems - working examples of how a lawyer has to approach the material available
Guidance on essay writing - supplements the materials available in chapters 2 and 3
Self-test questions - enables students to test their knowledge of issues covered in the book
Web links - links to other useful websites
Guidance notes on statutory interpretation and case law analysis - an exercise combining elements of case law analysis, reading statutes and statutory interpretation