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100			_aWilliams Glanville
245			_aLearning the law
250			_a14th
260			_aLondon _bSweet & Maxwell _c2010
300			_a273p _cviii
365			_bRs. 1,242
505			_aContents: 1. THE DIVISIONS OF THE LAW-1; Crimes and civil wrongs-3; The courts-4; Courts with civil jurisdiction-5; Court of Appeal (Civil Division)-6; County courts-7; Magistrates' courts-7; Appeals to the Supreme Court-8; Courts with criminal jurisdiction-10; The classification of offences-10; Crown Court-11; Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)-12; The terminology of criminal procedure-14; Other courts-15; European Court of Justice-15; European Court of Human Rights-15; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council-15; Other courts and tribunals-16; Elementary legal terminology-16; Civil terminology-17; Criminal terminology-17; Classification of civil wrongs-18; Public and private law-20; Common law and equity-21; Legislation-21; Common law-21; Equity-22; Common law as made by the judges-24; Further reading-24; 2. THE MECHANISM OF SCHOLARSHIP-25; Navigation the Law Library-27; The Law Library-27; Law reports-28; Neutral citation-31; Court of Appeal-31; High Court-31; The structure of a law report-32 The commercially published and specialist law reports-33; The English Reports-34; How to find a reference-37; Abbreviations: law reports and periodicals-39; Scottish decisions-39; Two references given-40; Square and round brackets-40; Electronic searching-40; Titles of cases-41; Pronouncing case names-42; Statutes-43; The state of the statute book-43; The citation of statutes-45; The parts of a statute-45; Statutory instruments-46; Periodicals-46; 3. THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION-49; The European Union-49; The principal institutions-51; Council of Ministers-51; The European Council-51; Commission-52; European Parliament-52; European Court of Justice-53; The role of the court: the preliminary ruling procedure-54; Court of Auditors-54; Other relevant institutions-55; Sources of law-55; The law-making procedure-57; Official publications-57; Official Journal-58; How to cite legislative Acts-58; Citation of court reports-59; Other publications-60; Databases-61; EUROPA-61; EUR-Lex-61; CELEX-61 European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998-61; European Court of Human Rights-63; Publications-63; European Court-63; Commission-64; Human Rights Act 1998-64; The influence of Europe-a preliminary assessment-65; 4. METHODS OF STUDY-69; Textbooks-69; Cases and Materials Books-72; Lectures and classes-74; Taking notes-74; Using shorthand—75; The study of history-79; 5. TECHNICAL TERMS-83; Latin and French-83; Dictionaries-84; Pronunciation-85; Legal abbreviations-88; Judicial titles-88; Citations and cross-references-90; 6. CASE LAW TECHNIQUE-93; Ration decidendi-93; Distinguishing-99; Obiter dictum-103; How much of a case to remember-105; Divergent opinions-107; The hierarchy of authority-108; Precedent in the House of Lords and Supreme Court-109; Court of Appeal-111; Divisional Court-115; Circumstances affecting the weight of a decision-117; Judicial law-making-118; Further reading-120; 7. THE INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES-121; Structure of a statute-122; The importance of context-122; Definition sections-124; Interpretation in the light of policy: fringe meaning-124; The literal rule-127; A "purposive" approach: the mischief rule-130; Pepper v Hart-131; Interpretations to avoid absurdity: the golden rule-135; Presumptions-136; Human Rights Act 1998, s.3-139; Further reading-142; 8. WORKING OUT PROBLEMS-143 Facts stated in the problem are conclusive-144; Omitted facts-145; Two points of technique-149; Rules and authorities-149; Doubt-155; Problems on statutes-155; Relevancy-160; Questions divided into parts-161; The overlapping of subjects-164; Answering problems in criminal law-164; Answering problems in tort-166; 9. ANSWERING ESSAY QUESTIONS-167; Subdivided questions-167; Relevancy-168; Gelling at the point-172; Introducing cases into an answer-174; The succinct way of stating cases-176; Criticism-177; Use of forensic mannerisms-177; The arrangement and wording of the answer-178; 10. IN THE EXAM ROOM-181; First read the paper-182; Choice of questions-183; Names of cases-184; Handwriting, orthography and grammar-186; The pressure of time-190; Self-contradiction-190; Further reading-191; 11. MOOTS, MOCK TRIALS AND OTHER COMPETITIONS-193; Moots-193; Other competitions-201; Speaking in public-201; Mock trials-203; Further reading-205; 12. LEGAL RESEARCH-207; The Electronic sources-208; Ascertaining the state of the law-209; Treatises and other legal works-210; Electronic sources-210; Electronic research-210; Statutes-211; Decided cases and cases judicially considered-212; Statutory instruments-213; Academic research-214; Dissertations-215; Amount of supervision and contact with supervisor-215; Size of the dissertation-215; Finding a topic-215; Finding materials-216; The writing process-216; Timetable-217; Plagiarism-217; Periodical literature-217; Government publications-218; Command papers-218; European Union law-219; Commonwealth law-219; New Zealand-219; American material-219; Libraries-220; Grammar and style-220; 13. FROM LEARNING TO EARNING-221; Practice at the Bar-223; Finding a pupillage-231; Pro bono work-234; Forms of address-234; Taking silk-235; Further reading-236; The bar as a stepping stone-237; Solicitors-239; Further reading-246; Government Legal Service-246; Local government-247; Crown Prosecution Service-248; Civil service: general category-249; Business management-250; Teaching-251; Accountancy-254; Legal publishing and court reporting-255; Applying for jobs-some general advice-255; 14. GENERAL READING-259; Fiction-259; Biographies-262 Trials-266; Essays-267; Humour-268; Drama-268; Film-270; History-271 The Constitution-271; Jurisprudence, logic, philosophy and economics-271.
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