Customer Reviews
Essential reading for anyone embarking on a Law degree - By: S. M. Paine, 04 Apr 2008 
I bought this book 3 years ago before starting my LLB, & bought it again last week as I hope to study for an LLM next year & wanted to brush up on my legal skills.
The book is very good at getting a prospective law student to think like a lawyer. It sets out very well the areas that a student needs to know about, such as judicial precedent, statutory interpretation & the now unavoidable influence of the European Union & the European Convention on Human Rights on English law.
Two minor criticisms. Firstly, I think the authors do not clarify or explain certain topics enough, especially as this is aimed at students who have not yet studied Law. Secondly, there are countless typing & printing errorsin the 6th edition. This can be very distracting & means that perhaps the book does not convey the professionalism you would expect from a legal text.
Im a Mature Newbie to Law! - By: Squeezy, 28 Nov 2007 
I am shortly embarking on a law degree course. I have tried to grasp the rudimentsin trying to understand our past & current legal process's via reading books & other data (Acts), but have failed to grasp the precise method/reasoning which is essential to undertake such a course.... up until I bought this book. It has expanded & improved my method for learning which has also given me so much confidence! This book is rather like a manual for a car, so it has proved invaluable for someone like me! It clearly explains everything covered, into an understandable clear format. I know that this book will foremostly be referenced again & again throughout my degree course. Simply a credit to the Authors.
Not clear enough to be useful - By: keely, 08 Oct 2007 
I didn't find this book useful. I think that if you are the average sort of student that wants a bit of help with getting things right, you need a book that talks to youin ordinary language & makes it very clear what you are supposed to be doing. This book didn't do this. It had very convuluted explanations that I found really hard to follow. I'm not the best studentin the world but I'm not the worst either but at the end of this book I was none the clearer about what I was supposed to be doing. In all honesty this was a waste of my time reading it. I've asked some of my friends if they thought it was useful as we all had to buy it but I haven't found anyone yet who has used the advicein there & most other students have said that they couldn't get what it was on about either. I mean, make it clear or don't bother. I wish I'd saved my money.
Excellent for any law student - By: H. Talbot, 11 May 2007 I bought this coupled with another "The English Legal System" book & found this one to outweigh the other one i bought bothin content & concise information. It is well written & one of the most readable law books i've seen. I actually enjoy reading some of the chaptersin this book - they are accessible & to the point. It clearly has an edge on basic european legal principles & institutions & allows you to get a good grasp of the essential parts of the English legal system. Would highly recommend for any law undergraduate. I would be keeping it throughout my degree for reference.
Excellent introduction - By: A reader, 13 Sep 2006 This book provides a clear well-ordered overview of legal reasoning. You quickly find yourself thinking like a lawyer. The 6th Edition would benefit from further proof-reading - the 'typos' are quite distracting at times.
