Writing for Law
Published on 30. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-230-23644-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is an easy to use guide on how to complete the various types of assessment normally encountered in undergraduate law programmes. Encouraging students to apply the skills they have learnt, it covers a wide range of tasks including essay writing, giving presentations and moots, taking exams and completing dissertations.
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Series
Edition
2010
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-23644-8 (9780230236448)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-36488-2
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
DAVE POWELL and EMMA TEARE are both Senior Lecturers in the School of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Teesside. They have been assessing work on law degrees for a number of years and in this time have developed materials and techniques to help students improve their coursework using lectures, presentations, assessment criteria and electronic media.
Content
Introduction.- PART I: WHY SHOULD I? The Pragmatic Reason and the More General Reason.- Why Do Students Fail?.- Description v Analysis.- Sources.- Referencing.- A Sophisticated Approach.- PART II: ESSAYS Where Do I Start?.- Planning and Research.- Developing a Structure.- The Body of the Essay.- PART III: PROBLEM QUESTIONS Why Do we Do Them?.- Planning.- Developing a Structure.- PART IV: PRESENTATIONS Why Are They Different.- Dos and Don'ts.- How to Present.- PART V: MOOTS What Are They?.- Research.- Presenting.- PART VI: EXAMS Preparation.- Sitting the Exam.- Index.