Language skills study skills argument skills & legal knowledge are vital to every law student professional lawyer & academic. Legal Method Skills & Reasoning" suggests a range of how to techniques for acquiring these academic & practical skills. It explains how to work with legal texts how to read & write about the law; how to acquire effective disciplined study techniques; & how to construct legal arguments. Packed full of practical examples & diagrams across the range of legal skills from language & research skills to mooting & negotiation this new edition will be invaluable to law students who are looking to acquire & perfect the legal skill set essential to exam success. The third edition is now supported by a companion website offering a wealth of additional resources for individual & group work for both lecturers & students. For students the website offers real-life examples & practice for oral skills work including mooting & negotiation & guidance on answering legal problem & essay-style questions. For lecturers a set of Power Point slides with accompanying teaching suggestions provide support & inspiration for teaching legal skills." ...

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Legal Skills encompasses all the academic & practical legal skills essential to the law student in one manageable volume. It is an ideal text for first year law students & is also a valuable resource for those studying law at any level. Clearly structured in three parts the book covers the full range of legal skills you will need to succeed from the beginning of your law degree through your exams & assessments & into your future career. The first part covers ' Sources of Law' &

Includes:: information on finding & using legislation making sure you understand where the law comes from & how to use it. The second part covers ' Academic Legal Skills' & provides advice on general study & writing skills. This part also

Includes:: a section on referencing & avoiding plagiarism amongst a number of other chapters designed to help you through the different stages of your law degree. The third & final part is dedicated to ' Practical Legal Skills'; a section designed to help you to develop transferrable skills in areas such as presentations & negotiations that will be highly valued by future employers. The book contains many useful features designed to support a truly practical approach to legal skills. Self-test questions & diagrams are set in a user-friendly colour design. More extensive activities give you the opportunity to take a 'hands on' approach to tackling a variety of legal skills from using cases to negotiation. Each skill is firmly set in its wider academic & professional context to encourage an integrated approach to the learning of legal skills. Online Resource Centre Legal Skills is accompanied by an innovative online resource centre offering a range of resources to support teaching & learning.
- Video clips of good & bad 'real life' moots in action bring the subject to life for students.
- Practical exercises appear throughout the book so you can test yourself on your essay writing problem solving revision & exam skills.
- Examples of good & bad answers to these exercises appear on the online resource centre providing insight into the varying approaches that can be taken to the same question with commentary on the strengths & weaknesses of each answer.
- Lecturers can track student progress using an online bank of 200 multiple choice questions offering immediate answers & feedback that can be customised & loaded on to the university's VLE.







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Elle Wood University of Southern California sorority president & sociopolitical jewelry design major is blonde spoiled creative & desperately in love with her college sweetheart Warner Huntingdon III. But when Warner announces hes off to Stanford Law School & that while there he aims to find a girl more serious than Elle to be his wife Elle & Underdog her pet Bichon Frise hatch a plan to follow him so that he will marry her like hes supposed to do. Elles Stanford misadventures are distinctly unpromising from the outset & it seems that the one place where blondes definitely dont have more fun is law school. But then shes made an intern on the Murder of Malibu case defending one-time fitness queen & apricot blonde Brooke Vandermark from the charge of murdering her billionaire husb&. In a courtroom triumph Elle vindicates Brooke & all who are blonde at heart with a tip any Cosmo girl should know. ...

The Legend Druss Captain of the Axe: the stories of his life were told everywhere. Instead of the wealth & fame he could have claimed he had chosen a mountain lair high in the lonely country bordering on the clouds. There the grizzled old warrior kept company with snow leopards & awaited his old enemy death. The Fortress Mighty Dros Delnoch protected by six outer walls the only route by which an army could pass through the mountains. It was the stronghold of the Drenai empire. & now it was the last battleground for all else had fallen before the Nadir hordes. & hope rested on the skills of that one old man... ...

Set on a Georgia golf course in 1931 a caddie uses his mysterious powers to affect the game & the fate of the players. This is the film tie-in edition of Bagger Vance" from the Director of " The Horse Whisperer" & starring Will Smith Matt Damon Jack Lemmon & Charlize Theron." ...

Wills brother Marty is always playing practical jokes. But when he tells the bloodcurdling story of the cutthroat pirate Captain Crow Will is terrified. Is it another one of Martys tricks or could Captain Crows ghost really be out to get him? This is a spooky funny fiction
- brilliant for boys & girls aged 7-9. It is now available in paperback! It offers fabulous witty illustrations by Tony Ross throughout.
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Colton H. Bryant grew up in Wyoming & never once wanted to leave it. Wyoming loved him & he loved it back. Two things helped Colton get through school & the neighbourhood bullies: his best friend Jake & his favourite mantra: Mind over matter -- which meant to him: if you dont mind it dont matter. Colton & Jake grew up wanting nothing more that the freedom to sleep out under the great Wyoming night sky & to be just like Jakes dad Bill a strong gentle man of few words who can ride rodeo like nobodys business. When Colton started work as a driller on a rig despite his young wife begging him to quit he claimed it was in his blood. Colton did die young & he died on the rig -- falling to his death because the oil company neglected to spend the $2 000 on safety rails. His family received no compensation. The strong sad story of Colton H. Bryants life could not be told without the telling of the land that grew him where there are still such things as cowboys roaming the plains where it is relationships that get you through & where a simple soulful & just man named Colton H. Bryant lived & died. ...

A chance meeting with a young hedgehog maid who is visiting Redwall Abbey reveals to Martin the Warrior a tantalising glimpse of the early life & family he can scarcely remember. He sets forth from the Abbey to seek the truth about the father he barely knew accompanied by his trusty friends Dinny Trimp & Gonff. His journey takes him home to the northland shore meeting friends & enemies old & new along the way & leading him to an extraordinary shipwreck. The wreck the Arfship is home to three ancient veteran warriors who have in their possession a dusty old volume. Inside is the story of Martins early life & the dramatic account of his father Lukes pursuit of his hated enemy the pirate stoat Vilu Daskar. Brian Jacques skilful narrative is told in three parts interweaving the stories of father & son in yet another unforgettable Redwall experience. ...

Sigmar is the greatest leader of men the world has ever known. By saving the high king of the dwarfs he earned the eternal friendship of the mountain folk. When a mighty horde of orcs threatened his lands he united the tribes of men to stand against them at Black Fire Pass. He broke the siege of Middenheim & pushed back the forces of Chaos. In defeating the great necromancer Nagash he saved mankind & secured the future of his empire. His deeds are legend. This is his story. ...