1 The Divisions of the Law                     1  (24)
      Crimes and civil wrongs                      3  (1)
      The courts                                   4  (12)
        Courts with civil jurisdiction             5  (1)
        Court of Appeal (Civil Division)           6  (1)
        County courts                              7  (1)
        Magistrates' courts                        7  (1)
        Appeals to the Supreme Court               8  (2)
        Courts with criminal jurisdiction          10 (1)
        The classification of offences             10 (1)
        Crown Court                                11 (1)
        Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)        12 (2)
        The terminology of criminal procedure      14 (1)
        Other courts                               15 (1)
        European Court of Justice                  15 (1)
        European Court of Human Rights             15 (1)
        Judicial Committee of the Privy Council    15 (1)
        Other courts and tribunals                 16 (1)
      Elementary legal terminology                 16 (2)
        Civil terminology                          17 (1)
        Criminal terminology                       17 (1)
      Classification of civil wrongs               18 (2)
      Public and private law                       20 (1)
      Common law and equity                        21 (3)
        Legislation                                21 (1)
        Common law                                 21 (1)
        Equity                                     22 (2)
        Common law as made by the judges           24 (1)
      Further reading                              24 (1)
    2 The Mechanism of Scholarship                 25 (24)
        Navigating the Law Library                 27 (1)
        The Law Library                            27 (1)
      Law reports                                  28 (15)
        Neutral citation                           31 (1)
        Court of Appeal                            31 (1)
        High Court                                 31 (1)
        The structure of a law report              32 (1)
        The commercially published and             33 (1)
        specialist law reports
        The English Reports                        34 (3)
        How to find a reference                    37 (2)
        Abbreviations: law reports and             39 (1)
        periodicals
        Scottish decisions                         39 (1)
        Two references given                       40 (1)
        Square and round brackets                  40 (1)
        Electronic searching                       40 (1)
        Titles of cases                            41 (1)
        Pronouncing case names                     42 (1)
      Statutes                                     43 (3)
        The state of the statute book              43 (2)
        The citation of statutes                   45 (1)
        The parts of a statute                     45 (1)
      Statutory instruments                        46 (1)
      Periodicals                                  46 (3)
    3 The European Dimension                       49 (20)
      The European Union                           49 (12)
        The principal institutions                 51 (1)
        Council of Ministers                       51 (1)
        The European Council                       51 (1)
        Commission                                 52 (1)
        European Parliament                        52 (1)
        European Court of Justice                  53 (1)
        The role of the court: the preliminary     54 (1)
        ruling procedure
        Court of Auditors                          54 (1)
        Other relevant institutions                55 (1)
        Sources of law                             55 (2)
        The law-making procedure                   57 (1)
        Official publications                      57 (1)
        Official Journal                           58 (1)
        How to cite legislative Acts               58 (1)
        Citation of court reports                  59 (1)
        Other publications                         60 (1)
        Databases                                  61 (1)
        EUROPA                                     61 (1)
        EUR-Lex                                    61 (1)
        CELEX                                      61 (1)
      European Convention on Human Rights and      61 (8)
      the Human Rights Act 1998
        European Court of Human Rights             63 (1)
        Publications                               63 (1)
        European Court                             63 (1)
        Commission                                 64 (1)
        Human Rights Act 1998                      64 (1)
        The influence of Europe---a preliminary    65 (4)
        assessment
    4 Methods of Study                             69 (14)
      Textbooks                                    69 (3)
      Cases and Materials Books                    72 (2)
      Lectures and classes                         74 (5)
        Taking notes                               74 (1)
        Using shorthand                            75 (4)
      The study of history                         79 (4)
    5 Technical Terms                              83 (10)
      Latin and French                             83 (1)
      Dictionaries                                 84 (1)
      Pronunciation                                85 (3)
      Legal abbreviations                          88 (5)
        Judicial titles                            88 (2)
        Citations and cross-references             90 (3)
    6 Case Law Technique                           93 (28)
      Ratio decidendi                              93 (10)
        Distinguishing                             99 (4)
      Obiter dictum                                103(2)
      How much of a case to remember               105(2)
      Divergent opinions                           107(1)
      The hierarchy of authority                   108(10)
        Precedent in the House of Lords and        109(2)
        Supreme Court
        Court of Appeal                            111(4)
        Divisional Court                           115(2)
        Circumstances affecting the weight of a    117(1)
        decision
      Judicial law-making                          118(2)
      Further reading                              120(1)
    7 The Interpretation of Statutes               121(22)
      Structure of a statute                       122(1)
      The importance of context                    122(2)
      Definition sections                          124(1)
      Interpretation in the light of policy:       124(3)
      fringe meaning
      The literal rule                             127(3)
      A "purposive" approach: the mischief rule    130(5)
        Pepper v Hart                              131(4)
      Interpretations to avoid absurdity: the      135(1)
      golden rule
      Presumptions                                 136(3)
      Human Rights Act 1998, s.3                   139(3)
      Further reading                              142(1)
    8 Working Out Problems                         143(24)
      Facts stated in the problem are conclusive   144(1)
      Omitted facts                                145(4)
      Two points of technique                      149(1)
      Rules and authorities                        149(6)
      Doubt                                        155(1)
      Problems on statutes                         155(5)
      Relevancy                                    160(1)
      Questions divided into parts                 161(3)
        The overlapping of subjects                164(1)
      Answering problems in criminal law           164(2)
      Answering problems in tort                   166(1)
    9 Answering Essay Questions                    167(14)
      Subdivided questions                         167(1)
      Relevancy                                    168(4)
      Getting at the point                         172(2)
      Introducing cases into an answer             174(2)
      The succinct way of stating cases            176(1)
      Criticism                                    177(1)
      Use of forensic mannerisms                   177(1)
      The arrangement and wording of the anwer     178(3)
    10 In the Exam Room                            181(12)
      First read the paper                         182(1)
      Choice of questions                          183(1)
      Names of cases                               184(2)
      Handwriting, orthography and grammar         186(4)
      The pressure of time                         190(1)
      Self-contradiction                           190(1)
      Further reading                              191(2)
    11 Moots, Mock Trials and Other Competitions   193(14)
      Moots                                        193(8)
      Other competitions                           201(1)
      Speaking in public                           201(2)
      Mock trials                                  203(2)
      Further reading                              205(2)
    12 Legal Research                              207(14)
      The Electronic sources                       208(1)
      Ascertaining the state of the law            209(1)
        Treatises and other legal works            210(1)
      Electronic sources                           210(1)
        Electronic research                        210(1)
      Statutes                                     211(1)
      Decided cases and cases judicially           212(1)
      considered
      Statutory instruments                        213(1)
      Academic research                            214(3)
        Dissertations                              215(1)
        Amount of supervision and contact with     215(1)
        supervisor
        Size of the dissertation                   215(1)
        Finding a topic                            215(1)
        Finding materials                          216(1)
        The writing process                        216(1)
        Timetable                                  217(1)
        Plagiarism                                 217(1)
      Periodical literature                        217(1)
      Government publications                      218(1)
      Command papers                               218(1)
      European Union law                           219(1)
      Commonwealth law                             219(1)
      New Zealand                                  219(1)
      American material                            219(1)
      Libraries                                    220(1)
      Grammar and style                            220(1)
    13 From Learning to Earning                    221(38)
      Practice at the Bar                          223(13)
        Finding a pupillage                        231(3)
        Pro bono work                              234(1)
        Forms of address                           234(1)
        Taking silk                                235(1)
      Further reading                              236(1)
      The bar as a stepping stone                  237(2)
      Solicitors                                   239(7)
      Further reading                              246(1)
      Government Legal Service                     246(1)
      Local government                             247(1)
      Crown Prosecution Service                    248(1)
      Civil service: general category              249(1)
      Business management                          250(1)
      Teaching                                     251(3)
      Accountancy                                  254(1)
      Legal publishing and court reporting         255(1)
      Applying for jobs---some general advice      255(4)
    14 General Reading                             259
      Fiction                                      259(3)
      Biographies                                  262(4)
      Trials                                       266(1)
      Essays                                       267(1)
      Humour                                       268(1)
      Drama                                        268(2)
      Film                                         270(1)
      History                                      271(1)
      The Constitution                             271(1)
      Jurisprudence, logic, philosophy and         271
      economics