Legal Systems & Skills - Catherine Shephard

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Résumé :
The most practical foundation for law students, combining content on the English legal system, academic and professional skills, and commercial awareness and employability.

Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students, equipping them with the tools they need to thrive in their academic studies and onto employment.

? Accessible and engaging, with a wide range of pedagogical features to help students to apply their knowledge and think critically about the law
? Learning supported by annotated documents, real-life examples, flowcharts, and diagrams, providing visual representations of concepts and processes
? Comprehensive content on employability, including CV preparation and transferable skills, alongside features like 'Practice tip', 'What the professionals say' and 'Selling your skills'
? Expanded coverage on sentencing, the judiciary, new routes into the legal professions, and legal technology
? New content on retained EU law, following post-Brexit changes
? New chapter on revision and assessment including topics on SBAQs, online assessment, and physical and mental wellbeing

Digital formats and resources
The fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
? The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
? The online resources include self-test questions and links to useful websites for each chapter, interactive diagrams, guidance on the practical exercises, and sample interview questions....

Biographie:
Scott Slorach (consultant editor) is a Professor and Director of Teaching & Learning at York Law School, University of York. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, and has previously held visiting roles in Australia and Singapore. A qualified solicitor with City experience, he is currently co-author of Business Law (OUP). Scott specializes in the design, delivery, assessment, and review of legal education at all levels...

Sommaire:

• Part I Legal Systems


• 1: Introduction to law


• 2: Legal systems and sources of law


• 3: The court system of England and Wales


• 4: Legislation


• 5: Case law


• 6: Legal services and ethics


• Part II Legal Skills


• 7: Reading cases and legislation


• 8: Research


• 9: Problem solving and case/matter analysis


• 10: Persuasive oral communication and presentations


• 11: Client interviews and meetings


• 12: Negotiation and mediation


• 13: Advocacy and mooting


• 14: Writing and drafting


• 15: Revision and assessment


• Part III Employability and Commercial Awareness


• 16: Making yourself more employable


• 17: CVs, applications, and interviews


• 18: Understanding clients: individuals and businesses


• 19: Businesses and the business environment


• 20: Essential economics and finance


• 21: Law firms as businesses