Introduction to Law

Legislation, common law, equity, and the hierarchy of legal authority

The hierarchy of UK courts, the doctrine of stare decisis, ratio versus obiter, the Practice Statement 1966, and the Supreme Court's approach to precedent.

Canons, rules, and purposive approaches to the construction of legislation in English law.

Legal reasoning and analogy

The constitutional limits and jurisprudential reality of judicial law-making in English courts.

The enduring tension between law's formal validity and its substantive moral claims.

The fusion of administration and the enduring distinctiveness of equitable principles and remedies.

Legal method — writing case notes and essays