Chapter 03 - Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. How do we find the law? How do we locate case law, legislation and other sources of law?
2. Once we have found it, how do we read the law? What parts of a case report or Act of Parliament are important? How do we interpret a legal text?
3. How do we use the law? How do we think like lawyers, and why is it useful to be able to do so? How do we solve legal problems?
4. How do we write like lawyers? How do we write a legal letter, or draft a contract?