Introduction to Law and Legal Skills

Informationen zum Autor Tracy Humby recently completed her PhD in the field of education, focusing on the topic of the formation of legal professional identity. Louis Kotzé is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and is a visiting professor at University of Ottawa and University of Giessen. Klappentext The text provides a general introduction and overview of legal history and basic legal concepts, with associated, contextualised legal skills. Zusammenfassung Introduction to Law and Legal Skills introduces LLB students to legal history and basic frameworks and concepts in a graduated, applied and engaging way. The core focus of this text is its innovative educational and learning-developed approach, which helps teach students how to think as lawyers. Knowledge of theory and concept is reinforced through applied, practical exercises which support comprehension. This integrated approach furthers understanding to build and develop independent academic skills. In particular, the text encourages the development of language skills, critical and independent thinking, and legal research skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: INTRODUCTION 2: THE POST-APARTHEID LEGAL ORDER 3: THE HISTORICAL FUNCTIONS OF LAW: FROM THE ROMAN TO THE CANONICAL PERIOD 4: THE HISTORICAL FUNCTIONS OF LAW: DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1500 5: SOURCES OF LAW AND LEGAL AUTHORITY 6: CLASSIFICATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN LAW 7: THE LEGISLATIIVE PROCESS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES 8: ADJUDICATION, INTERPRETATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION 9: LITIGATION 10: LEGAL ACTORS 11: THE TESTING OF LEGAL RULES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION 12: ACCESSING LEGAL INFORMATION: WHERE AND HOW TO FIND LEGAL INFORMATION 13: WORKING WITH LEGAL PROBLEMS BIBLIOGRAPHY TABLE OF CASES TABLE OF STATUTES GLOSSARY INDEX

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• Authors: Jaco Barnard-Naud´e, Jaco Barnard-Naud'e, Jaco Barnard-Naudé, Adrian Bellengere, Christine Bronkhorst, Willemien Du Plessis, Willemien Barnard-Naude Du Plessis, Warren Freedman, Michelle Karels, Ilze Keevy, David Letsoalo, Jacques Mahler-Coetzee, Neels Swanepoel
• Assisted by: Du Plessis (Editor), An'el Du Plessis (Editor), Anél du Plessis (Editor), Tracy Humby (Editor), Louis Kotz´e (Editor), Louis Kotz'e (Editor), Louis Kotzé (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Southern Africa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2012
• EAN: 9780195994636
• ISBN: 978-0-19-599463-6
• No. of pages: 438
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries