Legal Methods and Systems; Text and Materials

Providing an integrated teaching tool for Introduction to Law courses, this text introduces students to a range of different ways of thinking about the study of law. Covering the latest developments including changes in relation to the criminal process, implications of the anti-terrorism legislation, and up to date analysis of the Human Rights Act, this is a sourcebook of materials and commentary that also supplies questions suitable for tutorials and essays. Core doctrinal material, theoretical and empirical perspectives and the implications of the EU for legal method are all covered. Chapters on comparative law and legal method and constitutional aspects of legal method are included. The book also uses case extracts and secondary readings from the “traditional” legal paradigm as well as materials drawn from a range of sources including feminist theory, political theory, critical legal studies, American legal realism, sociology and anthropology.