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Writing for Law

Name: Writing for Law
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9780230236448
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Author: Dave Powell; Emma Teare
ISBN: 9780230236448

Edited by Dave Powell · Emma Teare

Palgrave Macmillan_ June 2010

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780230236448
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan_
Publication: June 2010
Format: Paperback , 216 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This is an easy to use guide on how to complete the various types of assessment normally encountered in undergraduate law programmes. Encouraging students to apply the skills they have learnt, it covers a wide range of tasks including essay writing, giving presentations and moots, taking exams and completing dissertations.

Introduction
PART I: WHY SHOULD I?
The Pragmatic Reason and the More General Reason
Why Do Students Fail?
Description v Analysis
Sources
Referencing
A Sophisticated Approach
PART II: ESSAYS
Where Do I Start?
Planning and Research
Developing a Structure
The Body of the Essay
PART III: PROBLEM QUESTIONS
Why Do we Do Them?
Planning
Developing a Structure
PART IV: PRESENTATIONS
Why Are They Different
Dos and Don'ts
How to Present
PART V: MOOTS
What Are They?
Research
Presenting
PART VI: EXAMS
Preparation
Sitting the Exam
Index

About the Author

DAVE POWELL and EMMA TEARE are both Senior Lecturers in the School of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Teesside. They have been assessing work on law degrees for a number of years and in this time have developed materials and techniques to help students improve their coursework using lectures, presentations, assessment criteria and electronic media.

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