Legal Systems & Skills (Paperback)

Scott Slorach (author), Judith Embley (author), Catherine Shephard (author), Peter Goodchild (author)

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Paperback Published: 07/07/2023

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Synopsis

The most practical foundation for law students, combining content on the English legal system, academic and professional skills, and commercial awareness and employability.

Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students, equipping them with the tools they need to thrive in their academic studies and onto employment.

· Accessible and engaging, with a wide range of pedagogical features to help students to apply their knowledge and think critically about the law
· Learning supported by annotated documents, real-life examples, flowcharts, and diagrams, providing visual representations of concepts and processes
· Comprehensive content on employability, including CV preparation and transferable skills, alongside features like 'Practice tip', 'What the professionals say' and 'Selling your skills'
· Expanded coverage on sentencing, the judiciary, new routes into the legal professions, and legal technology
· New content on retained EU law, following post-Brexit changes
· New chapter on revision and assessment including topics on SBAQs, online assessment, and physical and mental wellbeing

Digital formats and resources
The fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
· The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks http://www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
· The online resources include self-test questions and links to useful websites for each chapter, interactive diagrams, guidance on the practical exercises, and sample interview questions.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192874429
Weight: 1410 g
Dimensions: 246 x 189 x 31 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

An excellent resource: this well-written book provides a good introduction and overview to a broad range of topics and skills for undergraduate students. A comprehensive book covering the key aspects of the legal system, legal skills and employability skills--the employability section is particularly important and useful. The quality of the book's content is generally very high. The sections on practical skills and commercial awareness are particularly relevant and have a good level of detail and information. This textbook is great value for money and has great coverage. Fundamentally, the book puts the law into context, with an excellent number of examples to illustrate key legal skills concepts, and helps students draw introductory links between the different year one modules. I particularly like that the book does not become redundant after first year and is relevant to students throughout their LLB Law journey. Well-written and structured: Slorach's strength remains the ability to present concisely a variety of topics on content and skills.