McBride, N
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Table of Contents

Preface

About the author

Publisher acknowledgments

PART ONE. THINKING ABOUT STUDYING LAW
  • Letter 1 What is law?
  • Letter 2 Five reasons for studying law
  • Letter 3 Defending the law
  • Letter 4 Why not do something else?
  • Letter 5 Is law for me?
PART TWO. PREPARING TO STUDY LAW
  • Letter 6 Two hard truths
  • Letter 7 On free speech
  • Letter 8 Means and ends
  • Letter 9 Acts and omissions
  • Letter 10 The many and the few
  • Letter 11 The harm principle
  • Letter 12 Justice and rights
  • Letter 13 How to argue
  • Letter 14 On doing the LNAT
PART THREE. STUDYING LAW
  • Letter 15 General tips
  • Letter 16 Avoiding problems
  • Letter 17 Making the most of your time
  • Letter 18 Using a textbook
  • Letter 19 Reading cases
  • Letter 20 A brief history of law reporting
  • Letter 21 Making sense of statutes
  • Letter 22 Getting through articles
  • Letter 23 Making the most out of where you are
PART FOUR. WRITING LIKE A LAWYER
  • Letter 24 How to write an essay
  • Letter 25 How to write a problem answer
  • Letter 26 Writing a dissertation
  • Letter 27 Revising for and doing exams
PART FIVE. AFTER STUDYING LAW
  • Letter 28 Moving on

APPENDICES

Appendix A

A mini-dictionary of law

Appendix B

End notes

Index

About the Author

Nicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is (with Roderick Bagshaw) the author of Tort Law, now in its sixth edition.

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