The Sixth Edition of Legal Studies for Queensland Volume 1 and Fifth Edition of Legal Studies for
Queensland Volume 2 consist of a 2 book series, available in hard copy and for electronic use with a Teacher Solutions and Resources Manual for each, written specifically for teachers and students of the subject
of Queensland Senior Legal Studies. The Sixth Edition of Volume 1 has been substantially updated and is up to date at the time of publication in November 2011.
Volume
1 Topics:
The
Legal System, Crime and Society, Agreements, Civil Wrongs (Torts),
Essential Legal Skills.
Volume
2 Topics:
Renting
and buying, Family, Jobs, Sport, Environment, Consumers, Technology,
Rights
and Responsibilities, International Law (school-based elective unit),
Independent Study, and
Law in a Changing Society.
Distinctive
Features:
This
new edition of the Legal Studies for Queensland complete teaching
package continues to be
the popular and compelling choice for legal educators who know the
value of:
•
Clear, comprehensive, up-to-date and engaging explanation
of the law in Queensland and
Australia (in accordance with the 2007 Queensland Senior Legal Studies
Syllabus), enhanced
by new Link icons in the margins which provide an excellent means
of integrating different
aspects of the law.
•
A wealth of practical activities - Case studies,
Practical applications, Hypotheticals, Research,
‘What do you think?’ evaluation questions, ‘You
be the Judge’, Hot topics and Review (each with
a differently coloured background, together with a distinctive icon
in the margin of the text, for
ease of reference).
•
Questions specifically designed to logically develop students’
higher order skills of legal
analysis (Investigation criterion) and well-balanced social evaluation
(Evaluation criterion).
•
An updated Essential Legal Skills section –
explanations and practical demonstrations of the
important skills needed to successfully complete the Legal Studies
course.
•
An Independent study section – this section
is an invaluable teaching and learning
tool with a fully integrated example of the Independent study strategy
set out in the Legal
Studies Syllabus and the Syllabus’ Methodology for problem-solving.
•
The new International Law school-based elective unit
is an important tool in aiding students’
understanding of international law as a regulator of what nations
do within their own boundaries
and in their external relationships with other nations around the
world.
•
Teacher Solutions & Resources Manuals full of
suggested responses to questions in the texts,
supplementary stimulus materials and focus activities, and assessment
instruments.
Who
should read this book?
•
The legal accuracy and completeness of this new textbook will give
Legal Studies teachers
peace of mind, while Legal Studies students have
many excellent opportunities to immerse
themselves in the wide variety of experientially-based activities.
•
The book is also widely used as a textbook and reference by teachers
and students in
introductory legal courses in TAFE colleges and universities.
•
General readers seeking a topical, up-to-date and
engaging discussion of the law in action.
Contents
Volume
1 (Sixth Edition) - Click Image to View Content
