Legal Skills is the essential text for students new to law, helping them make the transition from secondary education and equipping them with the skills they need to succeed from the beginning of their degree, through to final-year exams and dissertations.
Legal Skills is the essential text for students new to law, helping them make the transition from secondary education and equipping them with the skills they need to succeed from the beginning of their degree, through to final-year exams and dissertations.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Emily Finch is an experienced law lecturer who teaches Criminal Law, Cybercrime and Legal Systems at the University of Surrey. She has a particular interest in finding innovative ways to help students to develop the skills that they need to study law successfully. Her overarching research interest is in public perceptions of crime and criminality and the impact of technology on criminal activities, especially the criminogenic impact of the internet. She has a particular interest in jury decision-making and has conducted a number of empirical studies that explore the factors that influence jury verdicts in rape, theft and fraud trials. Her current research focus in on dishonesty and the ability of the criminal law to penalise those who cause emotional harm to others. Stefan Fafinski has been involved in legal education for over 20 years. His current focus areas as a practitioner are public law, prison law and family law. He is a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales where he chairs hearings and determines public law applications for reconsideration and set-aside. He also sits in the Family Court.
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Introduction PART I: Getting Started: Sources of Law 1: Getting started 2: Legislation 3: Finding legislation 4: Using legislation 5: Case law 6: Finding cases 7: Using cases 8: Books, journals, and official publications 9: Finding books, journals, and official publications PART II: Academic Legal Skills 10: Studying 11: Writing 12: Legal reasoning and ethics 13: Referencing and avoiding plagiarism 14: Essay writing 15: Answering problem questions 16: Revision and examination skills 17: Dissertations PART III: Practical Legal Skills 18: Presentation skills 19: Mooting skills 20: Negotiation skills 21: Drafting skills