The City Law School

Opinion Writing and Case Preparation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The only manuals supporting students on Bar courses, providing detailed coverage of the key laws, rules and procedures alongside practical exercises.

Produktdetails

• Bar Manuals
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 8 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 292mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 896g
• ISBN-13: 9780198923640
• ISBN-10: 0198923643
• Artikelnr.: 70201402

Autorenporträt

This manual is edited by Nigel Duncan, Professor Emeritus of Legal Education, The City Law School, and Allison Wolfgarten, Barrister, former Senior Lecturer, The City Law School

Inhaltsangabe

Legal Research
1: Preparation: a forensic skill
2: Introduction to practical legal research
3: Legal research methods and techniques
4: Legal resources for the practitioner
5: Using electronic resources for research
6: Researching words and phrases
7: Reading and interpreting a case
8: Practical legal research: a summary
9: Legal sources for the practitioner: a bibliography
Fact Management
10: Overview of a civil case
11: Anatomy of a criminal case
12: The fact management process
13: Presentation for the practitioner: the CAP approach in action
14: Dealing with figures
15: Communication and information technology use in case preparation and presentation
Opinion Writing
16: Words and the barrister
17: Qualities of good writing
18: Plain language
19: Opinion writing
20: The use of law in an opinion
21: Getting started
22: An illustration of the opinion writing process
23: Advice on evidence in a civil case
24: Advice on evidence in a criminal case
25: Checklist for opinion writing skills