Legal Systems & Skills

Zusatztext an innovative text that doesn´t just cover the skills necessary for the academic study of law! but also introduces students to issues of employability and the breadth of skills required in successful legal practice. Informationen zum Autor Scott Slorach is the Director of Learning & Teaching at York Law School at the University of York. He holds Visiting Professorial roles at the University of Strathclyde and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education! and is a Visiting Fellow at the College of Law! New South Wales. He has over twenty years' experience in design and delivery of undergraduate! postgraduate and professional legal education programmes. A qualified solicitor with City experience! he was author of Corporate Finance (OUP) and is currently co-author of Business Law (OUP). ; Judith Embley is Associate Professor at the University of Law. She qualified as a solicitor in 1980! practising in a Lincoln's Inn firm and began teaching law in 1999 as a Visiting Lecturer at Bellerby's College and then Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. She joined the University of Law in 2001! where she has taught contract! commercial and business financial law. She is now a course developer and is joint author of Commercial and Intellectual Property Law and Practice! one of the University of Law's Legal Practice Guides.; Peter Goodchild is an Associate Professor at the University of Law. He read Politics! Philosophy and Economics at St. Anne's College! Oxford! then attended the University of Law and qualified as a solicitor in 1997! into commercial practice. He joined the University of Law in 2000! where he has taught the English legal system! contract! tort! commercial! and business structures law. In addition to over ten years of teaching experience! he has wide experience of designing programmes and is a co-author of texts on commercial law! IP law and the English legal system. ; Catherine Shephard is Senior Lecturer! Programme Director of Legal Practice Management and Subject Leader of corporate practice and legal skills and practice at Manchester Metropolitan University. She read law at Emmanuel College! Cambridge! practised as a solicitor in corporate finance and has extensive experience of designing! delivering and assessing a wide range of skills! law and management programmes to solicitors in practice and to students at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Law. Catherine has a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education with distinction! was the author of Public Companies and Equity Finance! and is on the expert database of BBC North. Klappentext This innovative text offers a combined approach! covering legal systems! skills! and employability to provide an academic and practical foundation for the study of law and life as a professional. Zusammenfassung Legal Systems & Skills provides students with a practical guide to all the essential knowledge and skills they will need for their law degree and beyond. Divided into three core areas! it forms a foundation for legal studies and for graduate employment.Essential Legal Systems: Part I delivers a focused and practical guide to the purpose and application of law. Contemporary and holistic in approach! it covers all the essential topics in legal systems! considering social! moral! ethical! and jurisprudential perspectives. Taking learning further! it helps students to critically evaluate legal systems and their implications for individuals! businesses! and commerce.Essential Legal Skills: Part II demonstrates step-by-step approaches to acquiring and honing the skills needed for the academic study of law and professional practice. Numerous visual aids and learning features help students to become adept researchers! nimble problem-solvers! dexterous writers! and competent communicators. They will acquire the tools they need to analyse! evaluate! and apply th...

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• Authors: Judith Embley, Peter Goodchild, Professor Scott Slorach, Professor Scott Embley Slorach, Scott Slorach
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2015
• EAN: 9780198727453
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872745-3
• No. of pages: 544
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law