Understanding Law

The purpose of this book is to help students to understand the sources of law and how to use them. It provides a rich collection of legal source material, together with a wide range of exercises and activities, carefully designed to develop the skills of analysis and critical evaluation needed for success in examinations.Understanding Law is written with the needs of A-level and undergraduate law students particularly in mind, but will be invaluable for anybody embarking upon the study of law for the first time.*provides first-hand experience for students in understanding and analysing legal materials and documents*helps students to develop the written and oral skills required to be successful in examinations*contains source material on the English Legal System, Criminal Law, Contract Law and Tort Law, and a wide range of cases, statutes, Parliamentary debates, White Papers and other documents*carefully designed exercises and activities to develop skills of analysis, evaluation and constructing arguments Bobby Vanstone is Chief Examiner for A-level law for the Associated Examining Board, and she is an experienced law teacher.Companion textbooks from Longman:English Legal System (se