Anthony Marinac

Learning Law (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Learning Law is an accessible and engaging introduction to Australian law for students considering a career in the legal profession. This text teaches students how to deal with legislation and cases, focusing on core topics and contextualisation. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised, with significant changes including: six new chapters - First Peoples and the law, research, the ethical lawyer, statutory interpretation, lawyers and clients, becoming a lawyer - more coverage of parliaments and courts, new Living Law boxes that showcase the diverse career paths available to law graduates and new Critical Perspective boxes to engage students with critical analysis. Written in a conversational style, Learning Law will leave students feeling more knowledgeable about, and confident in, their interactions with Australian legal institutions and legal professionals. This text is an essential resource that law students will refer to throughout their studies and in the early stages of their career.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009047395
• Artikelnr.: 62737740

Autorenporträt

Anthony Marinac is a Lecturer in the law school at James Cook University, and is a partner in a boutique law firm, Pacific Maritime Lawyers. He has previously been Counsel Assisting in Queensland's Office of the State Coroner, a legal officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, and was Director of Research in the Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Law, Lawyers and Justice: 1. Welcome to the Law
2. History and justice
3. First Peoples and the Law
Part II. Legal Institutions: 4. Parliamentary Institutions
5. The Courts
Part III. Learning the Laws: 6. Categories of Law
7. Statute Law
8. The Common Law
9. Understanding Statutes
Part IV. Research and Persuasion: 10. Frameworks for Legal Thinking
11. Equality, Difference and Law 12. Analysing and Persuading
13. Finding the Law
14. Grappling with Facts
Part V. Profession and Community: 15. The Ethical Lawyer
16. Lawyers and Clients
17. Becoming a Lawyer.