Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning

4. New Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-415-83019-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 712 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 1384 g

Language skills, study skills, argument skills and legal knowledge are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning discusses the main sources of English law and explains how to work with legal texts in order to construct credible legal arguments which can be applied in coursework, exams or presentations.
Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning

Discusses how to find and understand sources of both domestic and European Union Law

Develops effective disciplined study techniques, including referencing, general reading, writing and oral skills and explains how to make good use of the university print and e-library

Contains chapters on writing law essays, problem questions and examinations, and on oral skills including presentations and mediation skills

Packed full of practical examples and diagrams across the range of legal skills from language and research skills to mooting and negotiation, this textbook will be invaluable to law students seeking to acquire a range of discreet legal skills in order to use them together to produce competent assessed work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanson, Sharon

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Schul-, Hochschul- und Prüfungsrecht, Wissenschaftsrecht, Forschung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Sources of Law 1.Domestic Legislation 2.Domestic Case Law 3.Europeanand International Treaties 4.The European Convention on Human Rights 5.European Union Law Part 2: Finding the Law - Effective Legal Research 6.How to get the Most out of Your University Print and E-Library 7.How to Find Domestic and European Legislation 8.How to Find Domestic and European Cases 9.How to Find Secondary Material: Texts About Law Part 3: Readingand Understanding Law 10.How to Readand Understand Domestic Cases 11.How to readand Understand Domestic Legislation 12.How to Read and Understand ECHR and EU Law Part 4: Legal Reasoning Skills 13.How to Construct an Argument 14.English Legal Reasoning: Theoryand Practice 15.European Legal Reasoning Part 5: General Academic Skills 16.Study Skills 17.General Reading Skills 18.General Writing Skills 19.Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism20. General Oral Skills Part 6: Law Assessments: Written & Oral 21.Writing Law Essays 22.Writing Aswers to Legal Problem Questions 23.Examination Strategies 24.Presentation Skills 25.Mooting Skills 26.Negotiation Skills 27.Mediation Skills (Ben Waters)

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon Hanson is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Canterbury Christ Church University where she teaches Legal Method, Criminal Law and Employment Law. Her research interests lie in law and religion.