When should we start reading for torts and legal research?? (1 Viewer)

[04er]

I remember for foundations we had to start reading before classes started... but i don't have any books yet :S

 

[011]

If you start reading, you'll spoil it for everyone.

That and there's no indication yet of what books we should get.

 

[Lainee]

I emailed Prof Barbara McDonald (the convenor for Torts) a while ago about the texts she recommends for pre-reading.

The recommended text is the third edition of Balkin and Davis Law of Torts in Australia published by Butterworths.
The prescribed casebook is Swanton Cases on Torts 3 rd edition but it is
probably easier to read a textbook first than tackle cases on your own.

So I suppose it won't hurt to get your hands on those two a bit earlier and... flip through them a bit.

 

[011]

How would we know what to read in it anyway? I mean surely we wouldnt be doing the whole casebook?

 

[04er]

How would we know what to read in it anyway? I mean surely we wouldnt be doing the whole casebook?

exactly what i was thinking... maybe the copy centre will hand out one of those uos booklets with questions etc like for foundations..

 

[04er]

^^thanks for that lainee is there a book for legal research?

 

[04er]

You should do what all the keen law students do. Read the court during the holidays, at your own pace. Come into session knowing everything already.

no.

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