- Author(s): John Knowles
- Publisher: Thomson Sweet & Maxwell
- Edition: 4 South Asian Ed 2016
- ISBN 13 9789389407433
- Approx. Pages 194 + Contents
- Format Paperback
- Approx. Product Size 24 x 18 cms
- Delivery Time Normally 7-9 working days
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Description
A new law student is faced with a potentially bewildering variety of sources of law. A recent website providing access to recent court judgments. There might be journal articles or newscase mentioned in a lecture might be found in a database of law reports, a printed report, or a paper reports that discuss the case. The text of an Act can be found in a number of different ways, using both online sources and editions of statutes found in a law library. It can be difficult to know where to start. This book aims to help you make effective use of the law resources to which you have access. Online sources are placed alongside traditional print sources in each of the chapters of the book and their use explained, in order that you can make the best possible In a sense, this book is a labour-saving device. Use it as a reference throughout your time as a student, or indeed thereafter, should you decide to go into legal practice. Though some of the more detailed coverage is most likely to be of use if you are embarking on a legal research module (or a post-graduate qualification), it is not intended to be a textbook associated with a particular course. It is a reference aid to be consulted whenever you have a problem. Consequently, you might use the book selectively, referring to those sections which are useful at a particular point in your studies, or when recommended to look up a case, statute or issue by a member of the teaching staff.
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Contents
1. Making the Most of a Library
2. Using online sources of Law
3. Law Repots
4. Legislation
5. Journals
6. UK Official Publications
7. How to find Information on a Subject
8. European Union Law
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Author Details
JOHN KNOWLES, Law Librarian, Queen's University Belfast
1st edition co-authored by
PHILIP A. THOMAS, Professor of Socio Legal Studies, Cardiff Law School, University of Wales, Cardiff