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Introduction to Law
Introduction to Law
General introduction to legal method, sources, statutory interpretation, and legal reasoning.
By week
Topic order
1
Sources of English law
Legislation, common law, equity, and the hierarchy of legal authority
28 min
3
Statutory interpretation
Canons, rules, and purposive approaches to the construction of legislation in English law.
26 min
4
Legal reasoning and analogy
Legal reasoning and analogy
28 min
5
Judges and judicial creativity
The constitutional limits and jurisprudential reality of judicial law-making in English courts.
22 min
6
Law and morality
Natural law, legal positivism, the Hart–Devlin debate, and the enforcement of morals in English law
38 min
7
Equity and the common law
The fusion of administration and the enduring distinctiveness of equitable principles and remedies.
24 min
8
Legal method — writing case notes and essays
Legal method — writing case notes and essays
28 min