Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation. Each book contains up to fifty essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and fully worked model answers.
These new editions for 2013-2014 will provide you with the skills you need for your exams by:
Helping you to be prepared: each title in the series hasan introduction presenting carefully tailored advice on how to approach assessment for your subject
Showing you what examiners are looking for: each question is annotated with both a short overview on how to approach your answer, as well as footnoted commentary that demonstrate how model answers meet marking criteria
Offering pointers on how to gain marks, as well as what common errors could lose them: ‘Aim Higher and ‘Common Pitfalls offer crucial guidance throughout
Helping you to understand and remember the law:diagrams for each answer work to illuminate difficult legal principles and provide overviews of how model answers are structured
Books in the series are also supported by a Companion Website that offers online essay-writing tutorials, podcasts, bonus Q&As and multiple-choice questions to help you focus your revision more effectively.
Contents
1. Sources of Law and Legal Reform 2. The Courts and the Apellate Process 3. Judicial Reasoning 4. Judges and Juries 5. The Criminal Process 6. Civil Process and Legal Services 7. Alternative Dispute Resolution 8. The Rule of Law, Judicial Review and Human Rights
Author Bio
Gary Slapper is Global Professor at New York University and Director of New York University in London; Door Tenant, 36 Bedford Row, the Chambers of Frances Oldham QC; Visiting Professor of Law at The Open University and The Chinese University, Hong Kong.
David Kelly was previously Principal Lecturer in Law at Staffordshire University