. ..superbly written & accessible text...clear accurate & engaging...a fantastic revision aid & superb supplement..." Student ...

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... ...

Legend" is the much-anticipated dystopian thriller debut from US author Marie Lu. The must-read dystopian thriller fiction for all teen fans of " The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins & Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of " Les Miserables" the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The " Twilight Saga" producers Marty Bowen & Wyck Godfrey will produce. Los Angeles California Republic of America He is Day. The boy who walks in the light. She is June. The girl who seeks her brother's killer. On the run & undercover they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together neither knows the other's past. But Day murdered June's brother. & she has sworn to avenge his death. Dystopian fiction at its very best in this thrilling instalment in the Legend trilogy. Praise for " Legend": " If you loved " The Hunger Games" you'll love this". (Sarah Rees-Brennan author of " The Demon's Lexicon"). "A fine example of commercial fiction with razor-sharp plotting depth of character & emotional arc ' Legend' doesn't merely survive the hype it deserves it". (" New York Times"). " Marie Lu's dystopian novel is a " Legend" in the making". ("USA Today"). "" Legend" is impossible to put down & even harder to forget". (Kami Garcia author of " New York Times" bestselling author of film sensation " Beautiful Creatures"). Marie Lu is a US author who works as an art director for a video game company. " Legend" & its brilliant sequel " Prodigy" were built round the world that Marie Lu created for a popular Facebook game also called " Legend". She was born near Shanghai but currently lives in California." ...

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. ...

Will has four brothers & it's chaos in his house! If he's not being teased by his big brother Marty he has to deal with the terrible three-headed bundle of cuteness that is his three younger brothers. Even worse his mother has the brilliant idea of packing Will & Marty off to the library during the holidays. She just doesn't understand! Not only is the library no fun it's also the habitat of the legendary librarian Spud Murphy. If you put a foot wrong it's rumoured she will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun & you don't want that just ask Ugly Frank how he got his nickname! Eventually Will & Marty discover a love of books & that Mrs Murphy isn't so bad after all! ...