
Legal Method, Skills and Reasoning
Sharon Hanson(Author)
Routledge Cavendish (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 27. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-415-45851-1 (ISBN)
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Description
Language skills, study skills, argument skills and legal knowledge are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. Legal Method, Skills and Reasoning suggests a range of 'how-to' techniques for perfecting these academic and practical skills. It explains how to work with legal texts; how to read and write about the law; how to acquire effective disciplined study techniques; and how to construct legal arguments. Packed full of practical examples and diagrams across the range of legal skills from language and research skills to mooting and negotiation, this edition will be invaluable to law students seeking to acquire a deeper understanding of how to apply each discreet legal skill effectively. This restructured third edition is now additionally supported by a Companion Website offering a wealth of additional resources for individual and group work for both students and lecturers.
For students, the Companion Website offers: * workbooks for each part, containing guided practical and reflective tasks * a series of 'how-to' exercises, which help to provide real-life legal skills examples and practice * guidance on answering legal problem and essay-style questions * self-test quizzes to consolidate learning for each individual legal skill. For lecturers, the Companion Website hosts: * a set of PowerPoint slides of the diagrams in the text * specimen seminar plans, with supplementary notes to provide support and inspiration for teaching legal skills * sample legal skills assessment, and accompanying answers.
For students, the Companion Website offers: * workbooks for each part, containing guided practical and reflective tasks * a series of 'how-to' exercises, which help to provide real-life legal skills examples and practice * guidance on answering legal problem and essay-style questions * self-test quizzes to consolidate learning for each individual legal skill. For lecturers, the Companion Website hosts: * a set of PowerPoint slides of the diagrams in the text * specimen seminar plans, with supplementary notes to provide support and inspiration for teaching legal skills * sample legal skills assessment, and accompanying answers.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
17 farbige Tabellen
17 colour tables
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
746 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-45851-1 (9780415458511)
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Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning
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Sharon Hanson
Legal Method, Skills and Reasoning
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07/2009
3rd Edition
Routledge Cavendish
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Legal Method, Skills and Reasoning
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07/2009
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Person
Sharon Hanson is Senior Lecturer in Law at Canterbury Christ Church University where she is course co-ordinator for the undergraduate legal studies programme.
Content
Part 1: Preparing for the Journey Preparing for the Journey - Study Skills. Signposts and Landmarks. The Contexts of Law Part 2: Mapping the Territory Reading and Understanding Legislation. Reading and Understanding Law Reports. Reading Texts about Law. Part 3: Arguing the Law: The Construction of Argument The Anatomy of Argument. Legal Reasoning Part 4: Putting it all Together Writing the Law. Speaking the Law. Exam Strategies