Learning the Law [Paperback]

Glanville Williams (Author), A.T.H. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 20, 2002

For more than half a century, Learning the Law by Glanville Williams has made compulsory reading for every undergraduate law student in the common law world. Now under the editorship of Professor Smith, the 12th edition has been fully updated whilst retaining the distinctive features and individual style underpinning the success of previous editions. This new edition takes account of the changes in the English legal system, study methods and legal careers since the last edition in 1982. It introduces legal problems and describes how to tackle them, how to look up points of law and how to make best use of the time available to study.

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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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell; 12th edition (June 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0421744200
• ISBN-13: 978-0421744202
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,143,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars How I Learnt The Law, August 9, 2010

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Phillip Taylor (Richmond Upon Thames, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learning the Law (Paperback)

An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE of Richmond Green Chambers

Do you remember what was described as that old chestnut, the `guide, philosopher and friend' called `Learning the Law' from the 1960s? I do... and I am happy to say that the Cambridge Professor, ATH Smith, has produced the very best effort for a new edition after an absence of 20 years. It is rightly described as essential reading for all potential lawyers, whether sixth-form students or graduates contemplating the study of law, or those considering career options. Whenever you are asked - what is the best book to start on if you want to know a bit about the English legal system?

The answer will be "Glanville Williams: Learning the Law". Much of the original text survives but Professor Smith has given much needed emphasis to the new legal agenda of the early twenty-first century - gone are the old, archaic references - and in come new, thrusting European Union law provisions which will warm the heart of the most die-hard Eurosceptic.

I like chapter 14 the best - it is entitled `General Reading'. It gives the best bibliography available for the range of works on the market for those who love the subject of law as much as some of the writers quoted clearly did. To read `Learning the Law' is an unforgettable experience. Thank you, Professor Smith, for bridging the twenty-year gap.