The law-making process
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The law-making process
（Law in context）
Butterworths, 1999
5th ed
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Previous ed.: 1994
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This title is a well-known and widely adopted textbook covering a wide range of subjects including legislation, statutory interpretation, precedent and other sources of law, the latter including EU law, the treatment of which has been notably expanded in this edition. It is often used in conjunction with Zander: Cases and Materials on the English Legal System. Together they provide comprehensive coverage of introductory courses on the English legal system, taught at every institution offering an LLB degree, always in the first year. An important guide to the law, this book offers a detailed study that ensures the reader has fully covered the key elements of these courses.
Table of Contents
- 1. Legislation - the Whitehall stage
- 2. Legislation - the Westminster stage
- 3. Statutory interpretation
- 4. Binding precedent - the doctrine of stare decisis
- 5. Law reporting
- 6. How precedent works
- 7. The nature of the judicial role in law-making
- 8. Other sources of law
- 9. The process of law reform.
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