Brief description
This module aims to assist you with your studies on the LL.M. by guiding you in the development and refinement of the range of skills that you must master if you are to study successfully. You will receive guidance relating to the comprehension and critical analysis of a variety of legal materials, including law reports, legislation and academic literature. You will also receive guidance on the tasks/exercises that are fundamental to the study of law and to their assessment within the LL.M.: case noting, problem solving and essay writing. You will be set exercises that provide opportunities to develop and refine these skills and you will also be given the opportunity to submit a comprehension exercise mid-way through the module. The feed back from this exercise will help you to gauge the level of difficulty of the module and assist you when you come to write the module essay.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Adams, J.N. Understanding Law
Sweet & M. 0421574208
Bill Jones and Roy Johnson Making the grade : a study programme for adult students
Manchester University Press 0719031788
Blaxter, Loraine How to Research
edition 2r.e. . Open U.P. 0335209033
Brayne, Hugh Legal Skills Book
edition 2r.e. of Professional Skills for Lawyers . Butterworth 0406982481
Elbow, Peter Writing with Power
edition 2r.e.of "Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process" . Oxf.U.P.(N.Y.) 0195120175
Elliott, Catherine English Legal System
edition 2r.e. . Longman 0582327180
Gifford, D. J How to understand an act of Parliament
Cavendish 1859412068
Harnadek, Anita Critical reading improvement : a program for self-instruction
McGraw-Hill 1969
Holland, James A. Learning Legal Rules
edition 4r.e. . Blackstone P. 1854318896
Llewellyn, K. N. Bramble bush
edition 1960 part pages . Oceana Publications 0379000733
Race How to get a good degree
Open University Press 0335200249
Williams, Glanville Llewelyn Learning the law
edition 12th part pages . Stevens and Sons 0421744200
Journals
All England Law Reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=all+england+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=TKEY&CNT=20
Criminal Law Review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=criminal+law+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Law Reports: Appeal Cases http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+reports+appeal+cases&SL=None&Search_Code=TKEY&CNT=20
Law Society's Gazette http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+society%27s+gazette&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Statute Law Review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=statute+law+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Times Law Reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=times+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Weekly Law Reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=weekly+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Web Page/Sites
Public General Acts http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Public+general+acts&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
** Supplementary Text
About EUR-Lex - the portal to European Union law http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/eurlexhelp.asp
Acts, SIs and Command Papers online from HMSO website http://www.hmso.gov.uk/
Help Guides for Lexis/Nexis http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/lexishelp.asp
Help Guides for Westlaw http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/westlawhelp.asp
Introduction to Information Resources for Law Distance Learners http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/lawdls.asp
Locating full-text European Union case law via Lexis, Westlaw & EUR-Lex http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/eurocase.asp
Subject Information & Links for Law http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/subject/law/
UWA Electronic Journals http://www.aber.ac.uk/is/ejournals/
UWA Electronic Resources http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/elecinfo.asp
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7