Glanville Williams: Learning the Law

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Later chapters about the learning of the law were better, I guess because they relied on the reader's common sense rather than erudition. London, 1954, hardcover, with clipped dust cover, book condition; good, dust cover condition; good with slight tear to top front and slightly faded. For more than half a century, "Williams: Learning the Law" has been essential reading for every undergraduate law student in the common law world, providing a clear introduction to the methods and skills of the law. Essential reading for anyone embarking on the study of law or on a course that includes an element of law.

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 First and Second Editions were published in 1945, the Third in 1950, the Fourth in 1953, the Fifth in 1954, the Sixth in 1957, the Seventh in 1963, the Eighth in 1969, the Ninth in 1973, the Tenth in 1978, the Eleventh in 1982, the Twelfth in 2002, the Thirteenth in 2006, the Fourteenth in 2010, the Fifteenth in 2013, and the Sixteenth in 2016. It is still the essential book for any student beginning a legal education, even though it is in its 17th edition.

Now in its 17th edition, it is still the must-have book for every student embarking upon a law degree.

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Wow, there is good reason this book is on the prelim reading lists for nearly every LLB programme in the country. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. S., SU: Licht- und Lagerspuren, eine Ecke (innen) abgerissen; Buchrücken: an der oberen Kante bestoßen; Vorsatz: Texteintragung mit Bleistift; sonst sehr gutes Exemplar; Sprache: Englisch Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300. Extremely detailed with extensive further reading lists, I have a feeling this book is going to be getting quite the workout over the next couple of years! Williams provides a vivid impression of what studying law is like, and explains the nature and scope of some of the important topics of law in the English legal system.It introduces the reader to the peculiar case law method of studying law, as well as the relevance of statute law.