Legal writing / Lisa Webley.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2013Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 1 online resource : col. illISBN: 9780203068496 (ebook)Subject(s): Legal composition | Literature | Legal systems: general | Legal profession: general | Jurisprudence & general issues | Legal skills & practice | Writing & editing guidesGenre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleOnline access: Open e-book Summary: This comprehensive guide takes students through the legal writing process, from questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to dissect essay and problem questions, how to conduct legal research, and how to construct and communicate legal arguments. Legal Writing guides students comprehensively through this vital legal skill and addresses a range of assessment methods, from exam questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to deconstruct essay and problem questions and how to conduct and apply legal research to answer set questions. Lisa Webley explains how to reference others' work clearly and correctly, making this book a useful tool for students concerned about issues of plagiarism. It also focuses on how to develop and communicate legal arguments, with both good and bad examples of written work considered and discussed in the text. Legal Writing is particularly useful for undergraduate students, especially at the beginning of degree studies, and to GDL and CPE students too. This fully revised third edition includes: More guidance on reading, including speed reading techniques, and on note-taking skills A wholly revised chapter on referencing to employ the OSCOLA style, which has become the default style of most UK law schools in recent years More worked examples throughout the text, and additional examples from across the legal curriculum on the companion website An improved companion website with increased guidance for revision, FAQs and more multiple choice questions allowstudents to testtheir progress and further engage with the topics in the book.Item type | Current library | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Previous ed.: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This comprehensive guide takes students through the legal writing process, from questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to dissect essay and problem questions, how to conduct legal research, and how to construct and communicate legal arguments. Legal Writing guides students comprehensively through this vital legal skill and addresses a range of assessment methods, from exam questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to deconstruct essay and problem questions and how to conduct and apply legal research to answer set questions. Lisa Webley explains how to reference others' work clearly and correctly, making this book a useful tool for students concerned about issues of plagiarism. It also focuses on how to develop and communicate legal arguments, with both good and bad examples of written work considered and discussed in the text. Legal Writing is particularly useful for undergraduate students, especially at the beginning of degree studies, and to GDL and CPE students too. This fully revised third edition includes: More guidance on reading, including speed reading techniques, and on note-taking skills A wholly revised chapter on referencing to employ the OSCOLA style, which has become the default style of most UK law schools in recent years More worked examples throughout the text, and additional examples from across the legal curriculum on the companion website An improved companion website with increased guidance for revision, FAQs and more multiple choice questions allowstudents to testtheir progress and further engage with the topics in the book.
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