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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 the law and to thrive in their future careers.
Essential Employability and Commercial Awareness, Part III helps students to see how their knowledge and skills can be practically applied in the professions, legal and otherwise. Students are encouraged to reflect on and actively improve their commercial awareness through case studies, practice interview questions and activities, giving them the skills to thrive in the world of work. Targeted coverage of employability, CV development and transferable skills helps students to approach their future careers with confidence and communicate their own competencies effectively.
A truly innovative solution, the only textbook to fully combine material on both legal systems and legal skills, parts I and II give students a thorough understanding of essential concepts and skills Supports students` professional development, as well as their academic development, through an additional focus on commercial awareness and employability, part III focuses on developing employability skills and honing transferable skills Provides a much more holistic and contemporary understanding of the purpose and practical application of law than is usually found in textbooks on this subject, students are guided through life as a professional and through the economic and political events influencing the legal profession Demonstrates step-by-step approaches to core legal skills which students can employ both in their legal studies and in subsequent employment, a wide range of features and annotated documents help students to reflect on their progress and see legal skills in practiceISBN - 9780198727453
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Pages : 544
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