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Given the enormity of the task that faces the average law student, it is no wonder that many students experience Containing advice on legal processes, techniques and skills applied in French Law schools, it will serve as a core text for students on Anglo-French law degrees Combines practical illustrations of how French Legal Method operates with a historical context of the principles underlying the French legal system Included throughout the text are helpful diagrams for example outlining the court structure in France and demonstrating the decision making process Throughout the text there are illustrative extracts from French statutes, cases and journals - with full expalanations and commentary in English The final chapter is especially helpful for students embarking upon a period of study in France with its guidance on legal excercises set in French law schools, including examples of essays, problem questions and case studies ii) Internal: for Booksellers and Reps: contains many features not normally found in traditional textbooks. Each chapter contains a set of Learning Objectives, Research '' ivities, Self Assessment Questions and some also include Full Description sessment Questions. Uniquely, the Cases and Materials referred to in the Text are contained in a CD-ROM The chief purpose of this book is to assist increasing numbers of students involved in Anglo-French Law programmes to work out the techniques of legal analysis in France in the course of their legal studies in French Law. The book is also aimed at bringing together the theory and practice of legal reasoning in France in a comparative perspective. The book covers the core areas found on French Law courses, such as the legislative process, statutory interpretation, codification, case law, law reform, judges, reasoning, judicial style and case notes. It also includes a chapter on legal education with example legal exercises, essays, a problem question and a case study, as well as advice on examinations in French Law. Law reform in England increasingly concerns itself with an examination of the legal method employed in Continental legal systems - particularly France - and this book could also be used as a tool for those involved in the practice and research surrounding law reform. primary and secondary materials, which are fully Contents List ed from the Text. The CD-ROM also contains the answers to the end of chapter assessment questions. This Text provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the major areas of law in the EU, focusing on the areas of Part One - The Law-Making Process which are of increasing importance to law students and lawyers alike. The reader is Chapter 1 Legislationtives of the EU and the role of the Chapter 2 Codificationl system of the Member States. These Chapter 3 Statutory Interpretationntext of the major areas Chapter 4 Case Lawthe free movement of goods and persons, Chapter 5 Law Reformx discrimination law. Appropriate references are made to the changes which will be introduced Part Two - The Method of Deciding Casesins an extensive library of cases and materials including extracts from the Chapter 6 Judgese Single European Act, the Treaty of Chapter 7 Judicial Reasoningary legislation.

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