First published in 1945, Glanville Williams: Learning the Law has been introducing students to the 'foundation' skills needed to study law effectively for more than sixty years. Presenting an overview of the English Legal System and covering the essential legal skills that students need to master if they want to succeed both in their legal studies and in their future careers, this is a must-have book for all new law students!
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Essential reading for anyone embarking on the study of law or on a course that includes an element of law.An excellent introduction to the methods and skills of the law. Beautifully written and gives a sense of historical importance to the law...prepares the student extremely well for legal studies. --New Law Journal
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Professor A T Smith LLD is Professor of Criminal and Public Laws, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College
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By His Honour
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Useful...insightful...and at times entertaining!!
And if you have read past those first three words of summary then you are probably the sort of person who will go on to study the law...and Glanville would be happy to welcome you on into the profession. He wasn't a fan of trite summaries (especially in law reports) and there is no doubt that this book doesn't attempt to summarise anything much. It is an introduction.
Useful in that it ties up some of the most basic misunderstandings about the law - I mean, when do you actually sue someone (as opposed to prosecuting them)? And where do you go to do it? And how much does a barrister pay for his/her wig and gown??
Insightful in that he clearly knows his stuff. Well you would if you were an eminent Cambridge professor.
And entertaining in it's language. Reading through the flowery prose is a bit like a day trip to Kew Gardens, but if you can get past his yesteryear academic quaintness it is well worth it. Glanville was obviously a bit like a pushy mum or a perfectionist dad shouting from the sidelines of the footie pitch - at one point he even suggests how to take notes in lectures and even offers his own version of a completely obvious shorthand; e.g. Crown Prosecution Service could be abbreviated to CPS - well duh! But then he's off into explaining Latin and French terms or the foundations of the European Community. So pick and choose the bits you think are worth reading. I missed out huge chunks but found the rest useful.
It's for the beginner so if you are about to start a law degree, a CPE, are still at college or are considering a career change then it's worth it. It has been updated but alas by another crusty Cambridge professor. I'm sure the editor thinks it's not just a super-duper old text but also a tip-top revision. Smashing! Enjoy with a buttered scone and a nice pot of earl grey. Afterall, it's better than any other title on the market by a country mile.
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By "quainy"
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I bought this book to give me a understanding of the world of law before I started my law degree, and it has been of great benefit. As this book sets out how the law world works and a the processes that go on in it. I really recommend this book to anyone starting a law degree or simply just wanting to expand their knowledge of the law world.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By K. Shivji
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This book should be made compulsary reading for all beginner law students, people who want sue and of course, people like me who needed to touch on law for their non-law based degree course.
The book is so readable, entertaining and moreso immensly factual and to the point. No more trawling through irrelevant websites or thick law textbooks, this book will give you the grounding to commence your study of basic law processes and the legal system as a whole. Well worth a read!!!
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