Glanville Williams: Learning the Law 18th ed

Glanville Williams: Learning the Law has been introducing students to the foundation skills needed to study law effectively for over 80 years. Now in its 18th edition and fully revised to meet the needs of the modern law student, it is still the must-have book for every student embarking upon a law degree.

Key Features:

• Introduces students to the basic legal materials such as statutes and case law and explains how these are to be read and interpreted.
• Explains how legal problems are to be solved and discussed.
• Offers advice on study methods, exam preparation, time and stress management.
• Discusses the methods of legal research, and explains where to look for the law, both on paper and electronically.
• Covers participation in moots, mock trials and other co-curricular activities to enhance your law degree and boost your employability.
• Discusses employment prospects and explains the routes to qualification as a solicitor, barrister and CILEX lawyer.
• Provides recommendations for further reading within and outside the law.
• Provides chapter summaries and key words.
• Includes a glossary of useful terms.
• Conceived in 1945 by the late, great Glanville Williams QC, Professor, scholar, and highly influential writer about the law.

New to this edition:

• A guide to your law degree.
• Helpful chapter summaries, key word boxes and updated further reading, making the book more accessible.
• Increased coverage of skills development such as client interviewing, mediation and negotiation skills alongside mooting and advocacy.
• Current routes into practice updating the postgraduate professional training pathways.