Contents
Preface ...................................................................................
vii
Labels.....................................................................................
xv
Table of Legislation.............................................................
xix
Table of Cases .....................................................................
xxiii
Table of Names ....................................................................
xxix
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Legal Method .....................................................
1
Purpose.....................................................................................
1
Law...........................................................................................
1
Tasks ........................................................................................
3
Method .....................................................................................
3
Chapter 2 Law ......................................................................
5
Introduction ..............................................................................
5
1. Primary Sources ....................................................................
6
Statute Law
..............................................................................
6
Common Law............................................................................
10
2. Secondary Sources ...............................................................
16
3. Tertiary Sources ....................................................................
17
Part 2 Organising Law
Chapter 3 Organising Law .................................................
18
Introduction ..............................................................................
18
Micro Analysis ..........................................................................
22
Macro Analysis..........................................................................
38
Application ................................................................................
56
Illustration .................................................................................
64
Part 3 Forming Law
3.1 Introduction
Chapter 4 Forming Law ......................................................
68
Introduction ..............................................................................
68
Making Statute Law ...................................................................
68
Making Common Law................................................................
69
Interpreting Statute Law .............................................................
69
Interpreting Common Law..........................................................
72