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 and has taught criminal law, criminal evidence and cybercrime at a number of institutions. Her overarching research interest is in public perceptions of crime and criminality and the impact of technology on criminal activity, especially the criminogenic potential of the internet. She has a particular interest in jury decision-making and has conducted a number of empirical studies that explore factors that influence jury verdicts in rape, theft and fraud trials. Her current research focus is on dishonesty and the niche vulnerability of older internet users. Stefan Fafinski has been involved in legal education for over 20 years. His current focus areas as a practitioner are public 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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Part 1: Getting Started: Sources of Law 1: 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 2: 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: Assessment skills 17: Dissertations Part 3: Practical legal skills 18: Presentation skills 19: Mooting skills 20: Negotiation skills 21: Drafting skills 22: Employability skills