| Item Description: | Introduction to legal method: Approaches to law and legal reasoning. Comparative law and legal method. Constitutional aspects of legal method: The rule of law and the supremacy of Parliament. Judicial review. The impact of membership in the European Union. The devolution of powers. Statutory interpretation: Introduction to legislation. The search for legislative intention. The impact of European Union and European Human Rights law. Judge made law: An introduction to common law reasoning. A case study on the law of negligence. People, Systems and Method: The Legal Professions. Dispute Resolution: The Courts and Adjudication. Mediation and ADR |