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Public Law (Clarendon Law S.)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: OUP Oxford (2003-07-17)
ISBN: 019926077X
EAN: 9780199260775
Dewy Decimal #: 342
Paperback: 256 pages
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Customer Reviews
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Interesting
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-09-08
An excellent introduction to public law concepts, and worth buying for its historical perspective on the separation of powers doctrine in England.
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Essential Reading
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-07-28
For the student, public law is often a slightly odd course. Unlike contract law and criminal law (which are often given together with public law in a first year LLB), public law is not only about rules in statutes and case law. I remember being quite surprised, even nervous, during my first few months studying public law at the small amount of cases I had to read. While the amount increases near the end of the year and it becomes clear that many of the rules are contained in but a few (long) cases, it is also true that public law is not just about cases.
Public law is about terms used in everyday political life, terms such as 'constitutional', 'rule of law' and 'separation of powers', the true meaning of these words, and to what extent our modern society is in line with such terms. The problem is that, all too often, the public law textbooks will serve the student with a handy rule such as "the constitution is not unwritten but uncodified", which - while generally true - will not help a student when faced with a question on an exam such as "the constitution is not unwritten but uncodified, explain"
'Public Law' by Adam Tomkins sets out to explain these often complicated terms in a language that is easy to understand. But more than that, it also explains why these terms are often inappropriate, why - for example - it is not important to dwell on whether or not the constitution is written down or uncodified. As such this book supplements the basic textbook reading and provides many of the answers for the standard essay questions students might expect on an exam.
It also gives the student a new perspective on the study of Public Law in that the subject is not just about rules, but also about asking questions: "why is this rule important? Would it make a difference if this rule were not in place?", thus providing the student with an excellent technique for handling many of the more devious essay question.
'Public Law' by Adam Tomkins is a an expertly written book: simple to understand, often witty, containing many examples from political events to illustrate the law and - overall - invaluable.
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a great read
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-10-16
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
this was prereading before my public law 1 LLB course. with no previous legal education, I found this book thoroughly enjoyable and informative. it is the kind of book thats meant to throw you in with the legal heavy weights and you do just manage to swim. great book, heavy read and the kind of book you'll want to refer back to as you progress in your course. does the job of summarising this large body of law.
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good introduction to public law
Rating (4)
Date: 2004-10-05
Was on reading list prior to my undergrad course. I found it both interesting and authorative and was able to understand the language of the auther despite having a limited legal knowledge. The author takes you through a histrorical and current outlook of the area and in doing so gives you a good general understanding of law in addition to the subject matter. Hence I found it an excellent choice as both prereading for a law degree as well as informative of what public law was about. It is by no means a light read and loses a star due to waffling and repetition in many cases, but all together highly reccomended.
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