Review of "Understanding the Australian Legal System" by John Carvan
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Keyes, Mary
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1995
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This modest little book takes its inspiration from the author's experience in teaching students from non-English speaking backgrounds and mature age students with 'varying levels of secondary education'. 1 The book is intended to respond to a perceived need for introductory reading to the normal array of introduction to law texts2 - the assumption being that the style and content of these texts are in some ways inaccessible, without assistance, to some students. The author does not explicitly identify what exactly the difficulties with the existing texts might be, nor how he intends to address these difficulties. We can only ...
View more >This modest little book takes its inspiration from the author's experience in teaching students from non-English speaking backgrounds and mature age students with 'varying levels of secondary education'. 1 The book is intended to respond to a perceived need for introductory reading to the normal array of introduction to law texts2 - the assumption being that the style and content of these texts are in some ways inaccessible, without assistance, to some students. The author does not explicitly identify what exactly the difficulties with the existing texts might be, nor how he intends to address these difficulties. We can only assess these matters by reference to the way the book is written and what is to be found in it. The book covers most of the standard 'introduction to law' issues,3 in a fairly traditional way, although the brevity in explanations and the formatting of the text may be more student-friendly than in some other introductory texts. The main points which set this book apart from other texts are that the book is shorter, the discussion is less formal than in some texts, and this book does not deal with some matters in the detail which can be found in other texts.
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View more >This modest little book takes its inspiration from the author's experience in teaching students from non-English speaking backgrounds and mature age students with 'varying levels of secondary education'. 1 The book is intended to respond to a perceived need for introductory reading to the normal array of introduction to law texts2 - the assumption being that the style and content of these texts are in some ways inaccessible, without assistance, to some students. The author does not explicitly identify what exactly the difficulties with the existing texts might be, nor how he intends to address these difficulties. We can only assess these matters by reference to the way the book is written and what is to be found in it. The book covers most of the standard 'introduction to law' issues,3 in a fairly traditional way, although the brevity in explanations and the formatting of the text may be more student-friendly than in some other introductory texts. The main points which set this book apart from other texts are that the book is shorter, the discussion is less formal than in some texts, and this book does not deal with some matters in the detail which can be found in other texts.
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Journal Title
Griffith Law Review
Volume
4
Issue
1
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© 1995 Griffith Law School. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Nutrition and Dietetics
Law