New Zealand Law: Foundations and Method (2nd edition) & Principles of Legal Method (3rd edition) - (Book Bundle)

New Zealand’s two leading legal method books are available at a special price as a bundle: New Zealand Law: Foundations and Method (2nd edition) by Stephen Penk and Mary-Rose Russell and Principles of Legal Method (3rd edition) by Richard Scragg.

The texts complement each other and work together to provide students with the broad skills needed to understand and apply

Principles of Legal Method (3^rd edition) introduces students to the fundamental concepts of legal method, and then, step by step, teaches them to work with these concepts in a practical way. It starts out with an account of the general principles of the common law system and then provides a chapter by chapter account of: (i) how to understand and interpret substantive law (ie, case law and statute law), (ii) the way in which case law is built into a body of law, and (iii) how to acquire and apply the skills of case analysis, statutory interpretation, and reasoning by analogy.

New Zealand Law: Foundations and Method (2nd edition) is a complete, easy-to-read introduction written with a focus on student learning. It brings the theory to life with plenty of worked examples, questions and answers, and practice exercises throughout the text, working its way through the content of the full year course in detail. This text was previously published as the New Zealand Legal Method Handbook, and has been renamed to reflect the introduction of content on legal foundations as well as thoroughly revised discussion of the principles of legal method.

PART 1: Legal Systems

Chapter 1: Which Legal System?

PART 2: Aspects of New Zealand’s Legal System

Chapter 2: The New Zealand Legal System

Chapter 3: Selected Timelines in New Zealand Legal History

Chapter 4: Classifications of Law

Chapter 5: New Zealand’s Systems of Justice

Chapter 6: The Legal Profession and its Terminology

PART 3: New Zealand’s Constitution

Chapter 7: The New Zealand Structure of Government

Chapter 8: The New Zealand Constitution and its Sources

Chapter 9: Fundamental Constitutional Principles

PART 4: Legislation and Lawmaking in New Zealand

Chapter 10: Making Law in New Zealand

PART 5: Statutes and Statutory Interpretation

Chapter 11: The Language and Style of Statutes  – and the Need for Interpretation

Chapter 12: Approaches to Interpretation

Chapter 13: The New Zealand Approach to Interpretation: The Interpretation Act 1999 and Other Statutes

Chapter 14: Common Law Aids to Interpretation

Chapter 15: A Suggested Methodology, and Exercises in Statutory Interpretation

PART 6: Case Law and Analysis

Chapter 16: Introduction to Case Law

Chapter 17: The Doctrine of Binding Precedent

Chapter 18: Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum

Chapter 19: Analysing Cases

Chapter 20: The Language and Style of Cases

Chapter 21: Developing a Body of Law

PART 7: The Relationship Between Statute and Case Law

Chapter 22: Combining Statute and Case Law

PART 8: Legal Writing

Chapter 23: Legal Writing

Tables and Index

Table of Statutes and Regulations

Tables of Cases

Index