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"Cover" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright Page" -- "Table of Contents" -- "Foreword" -- "Preface" -- "About the Authors" -- "1 What Legal Reasoning Is, and Why It Matters" -- "An Overview of Law and Politics" -- "The Law Is All Around Us" -- "The Rule of Law Keeps the Peace" -- "The Critical Importance of Judicial Impartiality" -- "A Definition of Law" -- "A Definition of Legal Reasoning" -- "Legal Reasoning Does Not Discover the "One Right Answer"" -- "The Four Elements of Legal Reasoning" -- "Case Facts" -- "Social Background Facts" -- "Rules of Law" -- "Widely Shared Values" -- "Sources of Official Legal Texts" -- "The Choices that Legal Reasoning Confronts" -- "Illustrative Case" -- "Questions about the Case" -- "2 Change and Stability in Legal Reasoning" -- "Sources of Unpredictability in Law" -- "The Disorderly Conduct of Words" -- "The Unpredictability of Precedents" -- "Is Unpredictability in Law Desirable?" -- "Vertical and Horizontal Stare Decisis: A Stabilizing and Clarifying Element in Law" -- "Illustrative Cases" -- "Questions about the Cases" -- "3 Common Law" -- "Origins of Common Law" -- "Reasoning by Example in Common Law" -- "The Cherry Tree" -- "The Pit" -- "The Diving Board" -- "Keeping the Common-Law Tradition Alive" -- "Making Common Law without Close Precedents" -- "Horizontal Stare Decisis in Common Law" -- "The Common-Law Tradition Today" -- "Illustrative Case" -- "Questions about the Case" -- "4 Statutory Interpretation" -- "What Are Statutes?" -- "Four Misguided Approaches to "First Instance" Statutory Interpretation" -- "Literalism: Sticking to the Words" -- "The Golden Rule" -- "Canons of Statutory Construction" -- "Legislative Intent" -- "Purpose: The Key to Wise Statutory Interpretation" -- "The Centrality of Statutory Purpose" -- "Determining Purpose: Words Can Help" -- "Determining Purpose: The Audience

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AbstractBackgroundStaff member's views and attitudes can have a significant impact on people with an intellectual disability. This study explores staff attitudes and experiences of people with an intellectual disability's expression of relationships and sexuality across service providers in Ireland.MethodsStaff (n = 86) from service providers (n = 5) completed the Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire‐Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ASQ‐ID) and open‐ended questions.ResultsMultidirectional significant differences were noted on staff attitudes to sexuality based on demographic factors, that is, age, education, as well as non‐demographics, for example, attendance at training, and active practising of religion. Qualitatively, three themes emerged: "Unsupported and Frustration"; "Taboo Subject Matter" and "Vulnerability and Access to Education". Staff reported a lack of service supports, dominant conservative cultures and people with an intellectual disability's vulnerability.ConclusionThis study highlights the need for improved service practices and enhanced provisions for staff and the people with an intellectual disability that they support.