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ISBN 10: 1134651708
ISBN 13: 9781134651702
Author: Chris Turner, Jo Boylan Kemp
Unlocking Legal Learning is an essential textbook for undergraduate students new to legal study. By explaining the different fields of this intricate subject and helping you to develop the skills to engage with it successfully, Unlocking Legal Learning will provide you with an essential foundation for your studies and future career. This third edition is fully up-to-date and incorporates new styles of assessment and learning resources. Support for your studies in Unlocking Legal Learning includes: Detailed information on how to succeed in mooting competitions, coursework, and dissertation assignments Numerous tips on how to take good notes and revise effectively for exams Advice on how to tackle problem-based questions and work well in groups Guidance on how to access and understand legal materials and references in print and online The Unlocking the Law series is designed to make the law accessible and covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units. The website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk provides additional resources such as multiple choice questions, key questions and answers and revision mp3s.
Unlocking Legal Learning 3rd Table of contents:
1. What Learning Law is All About
1.1 The Character and Purpose of Law
1.1.1 Lawyers’ Definition of Law
1.1.2 The Character of a Legal System
1.1.3 The Character of the English Legal System
1.2 The Various Classifications of Law
1.3 Legal Terminology – and Using Legal Dictionaries
1.3.1 Common Law
1.3.2 Using Legal Dictionaries
1.4 Brief Overview of the Sources of Law and Where to Find Them
2. Lectures and Seminars
2.1 Learning to Listen
2.1.1 Listening
2.1.2 Barriers to Effective Listening
– Distraction
– Tiredness and Hunger
– Concentrating on Note-Taking
– Lack of Preparation
2.1.3 Improving Listening
– Prior Preparation
– Develop a Note-Taking System
– Actively Listen
– Practise
2.2 Preparing for Lectures
2.2.1 Length and Style of Delivery
2.2.2 Focus on the Delivery of Subject Content
2.2.3 The Common Mistakes
2.2.4 Getting the Most Out of Lectures
2.3 Taking Notes in Lectures
2.3.1 The Reasons for Taking Notes
2.3.2 When to Take Notes
2.3.3 Note-Taking in Lectures
2.3.4 Note-Taking Methods
– The Traditional Approach
– Taped Lectures
– Summary Sheets
– Concept Maps or Spider Diagrams
– Cornell Note System
2.4 Preparing for Seminars/Tutorials
2.4.1 Start Planning the Tutorial before the Lecture
2.4.2 Use Your Lecture Notes as a Starting Point
2.4.3 Research
2.5 Getting the Most Out of Seminars/Tutorials
2.5.1 Study Buddy
2.5.2 Using Text Books
2.5.3 The Activities
– Explaining the Difficulties That You are Having in the Tutorial
– Seeking Your Tutorial Leader’s Support before the Session
– Peers
2.5.4 The Tutorial/Seminar
2.5.5 After the Tutorial
3. Reading
3.1 The Purpose of Reading
3.1.1 Different Legal Materials
3.1.2 Where to Find Reading Materials
3.1.3 Assessing Your Existing Skills
3.1.4 Reading Effectively
3.1.5 How You Can Benefit from Effective Reading
3.2 Using the Shortcuts – The Contents Page and the Index
3.2.1 The Contents Page
3.2.2 The Index
3.3 Scan Reading
3.4 Highlighting
3.4.1 Identifying Key Points in Primary Source Materials
3.4.2 Identifying the Key Points from Secondary Sources
3.5 Making Notes from Reading
3.6 Making Use of Your Notes
3.7 Keeping References
3.8 Making Sense of Difficult Material
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Further Reading
4. Explaining Primary Sources and Secondary Sources
What are Primary Sources?
What are Secondary Sources?
4.1 Legislation
4.2 Primary Legislation
4.2.1 How to Refer to Primary Legislation
4.2.2 Official Citations
4.2.3 Regnal Years
4.2.4 The Difference between Official Sources and Non-Official Sources
4.2.5 Finding Older Statutes
– Statutes of the Realm
– Statutes at Large
4.2.6 Historical Versions Versus Updated Versions of an Act
4.3 Secondary Legislation
4.3.1 How to Refer to Statutory Instruments
4.3.2 The Difference between Official Sources and Non-Official Sources
4.3.3 Historical Versions Versus Updated Versions of a Statutory Instrument
4.4 Parliamentary Bills
4.4.1 What is a Bill?
4.4.2 The Different Types of Bill
4.4.3 How Bills are Structured
4.4.4 How Bills are Cited
4.5 Case Law
4.5.1 What is Case Law?
4.5.2 What is a Law Report?
4.5.3 The Difference between a Law Report and a Transcript
4.5.4 Catchwords and Headnotes
4.5.5 How Cases Get Reported
4.5.6 Knowing Which Version of a Case to Choose
4.5.7 ‘The Law Reports’
4.5.8 Understanding Case Citations
4.5.9 Neutral Citations
4.5.10 Other Citations that Might Catch You Out
4.5.11 The Square Brackets [ ] and Round Brackets ( ) Rule
4.5.12 Finding Out What the Abbreviations Stand For
4.5.13 Unreported and Not Yet Reported Cases
4.5.14 Old Cases (Pre-1865)
4.5.15 Finding Out if a Case is Still Good Law or has been Referred to by a Later Case
4.6 Secondary Sources
4.6.1 Legal Encyclopaedias
– Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales
– Subject-Specific Legal Encyclopaedias
4.6.2 Journal Articles
4.6.3 Textbooks
5. Using Primary and Secondary Sources and Some Other General Tips
5.1 Primary Legislation
5.1.1 Finding an Act of Parliament
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.1.2 Checking if an Act is Still in Force
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.2 Secondary Legislation
5.2.1 Finding Statutory Instruments
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.2.2 Checking if a Statutory Instrument is Still in Force
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.3 Parliamentary Bills
5.3.1 Finding Out about Bills before Parliament
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.4 Case Law
5.4.1 Finding Cases by Name
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.4.2 Finding Cases by Subject
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.4.3 Finding Cases by Legislation Cited
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.4.4 Finding Old Cases (Pre-1865)
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.4.5 Checking the History of a Case
– Printed Sources
– Electronic Sources
5.5 Using Secondary Sources
5.5.1 Using Halsbury’s Laws of England in Print
5.5.2 Using the Online Version of Halsbury’s Laws of England
5.5.3 Finding Journal Articles
– Legal Journals Index
– Using the Printed Version
– Using the Electronic Version Via Westlaw
– Lawtel
– Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
– Current Law Monthly Digest
– Halsbury’s Laws of England Monthly Review
– Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law
– Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
– Current Law Index
– British Humanities Index (BHI)
– Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
– Other Subject Databases
5.6 Some Tips for Effective Library Use
5.6.1 Getting the Most Out of Your Library
5.6.2 Visit the Library as Early as Possible
5.6.3 Make Use of Any Reservations or Booking Facilities
5.6.4 Use Short Loan Collections
5.6.5 Consult Other Books with the Same Class Number
5.6.6 Use Your Library Staff
5.6.7 Take Advantage of Any Training Offered
6. Understanding Legal Skills and Using Legal Reasoning
6.1 The Process of Deductive Logic
6.2 The Use of Precedent
6.2.1 A Brief Overview of the Rules of Precedent
– Where the Law Comes From
– Binding Precedent
– Persuasive Precedent
– The Hierarchy of Courts
– Ways of Avoiding Precedent
6.2.2 Understanding How Precedent Works
– The Citation
– Brief Summary of Facts
– Brief Statement of Existing Law
– The Ratio Decidendi of the Case
– The Decision
6.2.3 Exercises Using Precedent and Deductive Reasoning
6.3 The Interpretation of Statutes
6.3.1 The Purpose of Statutory Interpretation
6.3.2 A Brief Overview of the Rules of Statutory Interpretation
– There Are Two Approaches
– There Are Three Rules (Which Fit into Different Approaches Above)
– There Are Also Three Language Rules
– The Court Makes Certain Presumptions
– There Are Certain Other Aids to Interpretation: Intrinsic (Internal to the Act) and Extrinsic (External to the Act)
6.3.3 Understanding How Statutory Interpretation Works
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