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Learning the law (Record no. 30955)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780414041738
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Classification number 340.07 WIL-4
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Personal name Williams Glanville
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Learning the law
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 14th
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Sweet & Maxwell
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 273p
Dimensions viii
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Price amount Rs. 1,242
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Formatted contents note Contents:<br/>1. THE DIVISIONS OF THE LAW-1;<br/>Crimes and civil wrongs-3;<br/>The courts-4;<br/>Courts with civil jurisdiction-5;<br/>Court of Appeal (Civil Division)-6;<br/>County courts-7;<br/>Magistrates' courts-7;<br/>Appeals to the Supreme Court-8;<br/>Courts with criminal jurisdiction-10;<br/>The classification of offences-10;<br/>Crown Court-11;<br/>Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)-12;<br/>The terminology of criminal procedure-14;<br/>Other courts-15;<br/>European Court of Justice-15;<br/>European Court of Human Rights-15;<br/>Judicial Committee of the Privy Council-15;<br/>Other courts and tribunals-16;<br/>Elementary legal terminology-16;<br/>Civil terminology-17;<br/>Criminal terminology-17;<br/>Classification of civil wrongs-18;<br/>Public and private law-20;<br/>Common law and equity-21;<br/>Legislation-21;<br/>Common law-21;<br/>Equity-22;<br/>Common law as made by the judges-24;<br/>Further reading-24;<br/>2. THE MECHANISM OF SCHOLARSHIP-25;<br/>Navigation the Law Library-27; <br/>The Law Library-27;<br/>Law reports-28;<br/>Neutral citation-31;<br/>Court of Appeal-31;<br/>High Court-31;<br/>The structure of a law report-32<br/>The commercially published and specialist law reports-33;<br/>The English Reports-34;<br/>How to find a reference-37;<br/>Abbreviations: law reports and periodicals-39;<br/>Scottish decisions-39;<br/>Two references given-40;<br/>Square and round brackets-40;<br/>Electronic searching-40;<br/>Titles of cases-41;<br/>Pronouncing case names-42;<br/>Statutes-43;<br/>The state of the statute book-43;<br/>The citation of statutes-45;<br/>The parts of a statute-45;<br/>Statutory instruments-46;<br/>Periodicals-46;<br/>3. THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION-49;<br/>The European Union-49;<br/>The principal institutions-51;<br/>Council of Ministers-51;<br/>The European Council-51;<br/>Commission-52;<br/>European Parliament-52;<br/>European Court of Justice-53;<br/>The role of the court: the preliminary ruling procedure-54;<br/>Court of Auditors-54;<br/>Other relevant institutions-55;<br/>Sources of law-55;<br/>The law-making procedure-57;<br/>Official publications-57;<br/>Official Journal-58;<br/>How to cite legislative Acts-58;<br/>Citation of court reports-59;<br/>Other publications-60;<br/>Databases-61;<br/>EUROPA-61;<br/>EUR-Lex-61;<br/>CELEX-61<br/>European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998-61;<br/>European Court of Human Rights-63;<br/>Publications-63;<br/>European Court-63;<br/>Commission-64;<br/>Human Rights Act 1998-64;<br/>The influence of Europe-a preliminary assessment-65;<br/>4. METHODS OF STUDY-69;<br/>Textbooks-69;<br/>Cases and Materials Books-72;<br/>Lectures and classes-74;<br/>Taking notes-74;<br/>Using shorthand—75;<br/>The study of history-79;<br/>5. TECHNICAL TERMS-83;<br/>Latin and French-83;<br/>Dictionaries-84;<br/>Pronunciation-85;<br/>Legal abbreviations-88;<br/>Judicial titles-88;<br/>Citations and cross-references-90;<br/>6. CASE LAW TECHNIQUE-93;<br/>Ration decidendi-93;<br/>Distinguishing-99;<br/>Obiter dictum-103;<br/>How much of a case to remember-105;<br/>Divergent opinions-107;<br/>The hierarchy of authority-108;<br/>Precedent in the House of Lords and Supreme Court-109;<br/>Court of Appeal-111;<br/>Divisional Court-115;<br/>Circumstances affecting the weight of a decision-117;<br/>Judicial law-making-118;<br/>Further reading-120;<br/>7. THE INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES-121;<br/>Structure of a statute-122;<br/>The importance of context-122;<br/>Definition sections-124;<br/>Interpretation in the light of policy: fringe meaning-124;<br/>The literal rule-127;<br/>A "purposive" approach: the mischief rule-130;<br/>Pepper v Hart-131;<br/>Interpretations to avoid absurdity: the golden rule-135;<br/>Presumptions-136;<br/>Human Rights Act 1998, s.3-139;<br/>Further reading-142;<br/>8. WORKING OUT PROBLEMS-143<br/>Facts stated in the problem are conclusive-144;<br/>Omitted facts-145;<br/>Two points of technique-149;<br/>Rules and authorities-149; <br/>Doubt-155;<br/>Problems on statutes-155;<br/>Relevancy-160;<br/>Questions divided into parts-161;<br/>The overlapping of subjects-164;<br/>Answering problems in criminal law-164;<br/>Answering problems in tort-166;<br/>9. ANSWERING ESSAY QUESTIONS-167;<br/>Subdivided questions-167;<br/>Relevancy-168;<br/>Gelling at the point-172;<br/>Introducing cases into an answer-174;<br/>The succinct way of stating cases-176;<br/>Criticism-177;<br/>Use of forensic mannerisms-177;<br/>The arrangement and wording of the answer-178;<br/>10. IN THE EXAM ROOM-181;<br/>First read the paper-182;<br/>Choice of questions-183;<br/>Names of cases-184;<br/>Handwriting, orthography and grammar-186;<br/>The pressure of time-190;<br/>Self-contradiction-190;<br/>Further reading-191; <br/>11. MOOTS, MOCK TRIALS AND OTHER COMPETITIONS-193;<br/>Moots-193;<br/>Other competitions-201;<br/>Speaking in public-201;<br/>Mock trials-203;<br/>Further reading-205;<br/>12. LEGAL RESEARCH-207;<br/>The Electronic sources-208;<br/>Ascertaining the state of the law-209;<br/>Treatises and other legal works-210;<br/>Electronic sources-210;<br/>Electronic research-210;<br/>Statutes-211;<br/>Decided cases and cases judicially considered-212;<br/>Statutory instruments-213;<br/>Academic research-214;<br/>Dissertations-215;<br/>Amount of supervision and contact with supervisor-215;<br/>Size of the dissertation-215;<br/>Finding a topic-215;<br/>Finding materials-216;<br/>The writing process-216;<br/>Timetable-217;<br/>Plagiarism-217;<br/>Periodical literature-217;<br/>Government publications-218; <br/>Command papers-218;<br/>European Union law-219;<br/>Commonwealth law-219;<br/>New Zealand-219;<br/>American material-219;<br/>Libraries-220;<br/>Grammar and style-220;<br/><br/>13. FROM LEARNING TO EARNING-221;<br/>Practice at the Bar-223;<br/>Finding a pupillage-231;<br/>Pro bono work-234;<br/>Forms of address-234;<br/>Taking silk-235;<br/>Further reading-236;<br/>The bar as a stepping stone-237;<br/>Solicitors-239;<br/>Further reading-246;<br/>Government Legal Service-246;<br/>Local government-247;<br/>Crown Prosecution Service-248;<br/>Civil service: general category-249;<br/>Business management-250;<br/>Teaching-251;<br/>Accountancy-254;<br/>Legal publishing and court reporting-255;<br/>Applying for jobs-some general advice-255;<br/>14. GENERAL READING-259;<br/>Fiction-259;<br/>Biographies-262<br/>Trials-266;<br/>Essays-267;<br/>Humour-268;<br/>Drama-268;<br/>Film-270;<br/>History-271<br/>The Constitution-271;<br/>Jurisprudence, logic, philosophy and economics-271.
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