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Studying law is one of the most intellectually challenging academic pursuits that one can undertake. Law faculties and law schools instruct their students to think like lawyers, write like lawyers, listen like lawyers, argue like lawyers and conduct themselves generally like lawyers. To acquire these essential skills, law students need to be taught practical methods of learning the law. Becoming a good lawyer requires more than just intellectual understanding of rules. How to Study Law is intended to equip law students with basic skills and techniques to gain mastery in the law. The book introduces students to basic legal principles and materials such as the Constitution, statutes and case law, and provides a complete guide on how these are to be read, interpreted and understood. The text exposes readers to essential learning skills and strategies such as effective listening, effective reading, critical thinking, note-taking, legal reasoning and legal research and methodology. It contains great tips on how to take law exams. This book registers itself as a useful guide for law students at all levels.
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