Overview

"Thorough preparation is the vital first step to winning a case. This manual sets out practical advice on how to identify the relevant law and how to manage the facts in order to present a convincing case. Efficient legal research is an essential skill for the barrister. The important aspects of legal research, such as identifying ""keywords"", ensuring research is up to date, using hard copy and computer databases, are explained fully. Another necessary skill in the preparation of a successful case is that of fact management. A legal action arises from a set of facts which must be mastered by the lawyer before a solution can be proposed. Fact management skills are explained within this manual by using the systematic CAP approach: stage 1, understand the Context; stage 2, Analyze the issues and evidence; and stage 3, Present the argument. The book uses realistic sets of papers which demonstrate a step-by-step approach for effective preparation in both civil and criminal cases."

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Author:   Inns of Court School of Law
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Blackstone Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781854315694

ISBN 10:   1854315692
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   01 October 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9781854316738
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Skills of preparation. Part 2 Introduction to legal research: the barrister as legal expert; from theory to practice; legal research and the pupil barrister; order of treatment. Part 3 Getting to know the library: essential parts of a law library; legislation; acts of Parliament; delegated legislation - the statutory instruments; law reports; to find a specific case report; to find case law in general; sources for words and phrases; foreign legal vocabulary; European Community legal documents; legal journals. Part 4 Starting to research: finding familiar law; use of textbooks; the right case or act?; following through; other members of the bar as a resource. Part 5 Cold-starting: unfocused problems; keywords; concealed keywords; red herrings. Part 6 Following through: statutes; subsequent happenings; statutory instruments and their subsequent happenings; very recent happenings. Part 7 Researching words and phrases: stages of inquiry; definitions of the term in other contexts; unresolved ambiguity - using ""Hansard"". Part 8 Using electronic research tools. Part 9 Legal research technique. Part 10 Books for the practitioner. Part 11 Practical legal research. Part 12 Overview of a civil case. Part 13 Anatomy of a criminal case. Part 14 The fact management process. Part 15 The CAP approach in action. Part 16 The civil brief. Part 17 The criminal brief. part 18 Dealing with figures. Part 19 IT use in case preparation and presentation. Part 20 Self-assessment exercises. Appendices: Wigmore analysis charts; completed chart for ""R vs Penny""."

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