Legal Method and ReasoningSharon Hanson Language skills,study skills, argument skills and legal knowledge are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. Legal Method Reasoning offers a range of 'how to' techniques for acquiring these skills. It shows how to handle and use legal texts, how to read and write about the law, how to acquire disciplined study techniques and how to construct legal arguments. This new edition will be of value to both undergraduate and postgraduate law students. |
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Page vii
... argument construction. Structurally the book has been streamlined into 10 chapters, each chapter containing an introduction, learning outcomes (to allow students to see more clearly the type of skill development that the chapter is ...
... argument construction. Structurally the book has been streamlined into 10 chapters, each chapter containing an introduction, learning outcomes (to allow students to see more clearly the type of skill development that the chapter is ...
Page viii
... construction of essays and answers to legal problem questions. Having spent time looking at the mechanics of argument construction in Chapter 7, this chapter turns to the issue of developing confidence and competency in producing ...
... construction of essays and answers to legal problem questions. Having spent time looking at the mechanics of argument construction in Chapter 7, this chapter turns to the issue of developing confidence and competency in producing ...
Page xiii
... ARGUMENT CONSTRUCTION 197 7.1 Introduction 197 7.2 Learning outcomes 198 7.3 Legal education and the introduction of skills of argument 199 7.4 Critical thinking 200 7.5 The definition of argument 204 7.6 The nature of problems and ...
... ARGUMENT CONSTRUCTION 197 7.1 Introduction 197 7.2 Learning outcomes 198 7.3 Legal education and the introduction of skills of argument 199 7.4 Critical thinking 200 7.5 The definition of argument 204 7.6 The nature of problems and ...
Page 1
... construction of legal rules, to acquire skills of argument construction, analysis and critique, to appreciate links between and within the texts, to use this knowledge to solve practical and theoretical legal problems and to aid legal ...
... construction of legal rules, to acquire skills of argument construction, analysis and critique, to appreciate links between and within the texts, to use this knowledge to solve practical and theoretical legal problems and to aid legal ...
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... argument identification; (h) identify the relationship of the text being read to those texts produced before or ... construction of argument to nonlaw students beginning study of law subjects. The text as a whole will introduce students ...
... argument identification; (h) identify the relationship of the text being read to those texts produced before or ... construction of argument to nonlaw students beginning study of law subjects. The text as a whole will introduce students ...
Contents
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9 | |
3 Reading and Understanding Legislation | 29 |
4 Reading and Understanding Law Reports | 61 |
5 Reading English LawThe
European Dimension | 113 |
6 Reading Books About LawA
Reading Strategy | 173 |
7 Legal Argument Construction | 196 |
8 Writing Essays and Answers to Problem Questions | 251 |
Using Primary and Secondary Legal Texts to Construct Arguments in Answer to One Particular Question | 269 |
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Conclusion | 305 |
English Primary Legal Texts | 309 |
The European Dimension 1 Primary
and Secondary Texts | 331 |
The European Dimension 2 Factortame Case Study Materials
and Extracts From Tillotson | 371 |
Bibliography | 468 |
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