Product Description

No matter how good your research and study skills, the ultimate test for the law student is the exam. This book explains how to tackle successfully the sort of problems and essay questions typically found in exam papers. The author clearly guides students through the process of planning and structuring answers, providing advice on what to include, and on what to leave out. The book contains 50 questions and model answers divided into chapters covering all major topics. Each chapter begins with an introduction focusing on important points and ends with suggestions for further reading. Each question is supported by clear commentary indicating exactly what examiners are looking for, followed by an answer plan listing the key points to cover. Online Resource Centre An Online Resource Centre accompanies the book, providing revision and exam advice, links to useful websites, and a glossary to develop students' understanding of subject-specific terms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64230 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Rudimentary and lazily written
There is something rather odd about Nigel Foster's contribution to what is generally a very instructive series. Many of his sample answers are written in semi-grammatical form, and read like hastily taken lecture notes. Here is an example:

'Selling arrangements are not automatically outside, but a rebuttable presumption and the question posed is whether the national selling arragements prevents access to the market or impedes access any more than it impedes the access of domestic products.' (p.147)

The first two clauses of that sentence are incomplete, and are about as grammatical as sleep-talk. One gets the impression that many passages are still in draft form. While the book covers all the basics in a fairly adequate way, I find it remarkable that it made it past the editing stage. I haven't given this book 1-star because it still does the job (barely), but it is perfunctory, lazy and impossible to recommend. Nigel Foster deserves a 2:2 for effort, and a 3rd for linguistic competence.