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A

• About Business Law Online
  • Suggested Reading
• Australian Court Hierachy

C

• Contact Us
  • Helen Murphy, Student Learning Unit
  • Brendon Stewart, Dept. of Legal & Executive Studies

D

• Download Files, How To

E

• Exam Preparation
  • Answering Problem Questions in Exams
  • Approach 1
    • Next step
    • Answer
  • Approach 2
• Exercises
  • Exercise 1 - Clarke v Dunraven  
    • Question 1 - State the issue/dispute
    • Question 2 - State the facts of the case
    • Question 3 - State the courts decision
    • Question 4 - State the reasons for the decision
  • Exercise 2 - Sequencing Events
  • Exercise 3 - Material Facts
  • Exercise 4 - Writing a Summary
  • Exercise 5 - Paraphrasing

G

• Glossary
  • a-e
  • f-j
  • k-o
  • p-t
  • u-z
  • Latin Terms

L

• Latin Terms
• Lectures, Preparing for
  • What is a lecture?
  • Before the lecture
  • During the lecture
  • After a lecture
  • Strategies for notetaking
  • Listen for verbal clues
  • Listen for non-verbal clues
  • Ask questions
  • Three techniques for notetaking

• Linking Words and Phrases (pg 1)
  • Linking Words and Phrases
• Linking Words and Phrases (pg 2)
  • The Issue
  • Legal Principles/Law
  • Case/Precedents
  • Applying the law to the particular facts
  • The Court Action
  • The Court's Decision
  • The Reason for the Decision
  • Conclusion
• Links, Related

O

• Overview of Legal System

P

• Preparing for Lectures
  • What is a lecture?
  • Before the lecture
  • During the lecture
  • After a lecture
  • Strategies for notetaking
  • Listen for verbal clues
  • Listen for non-verbal clues
  • Ask questions
  • Three techniques for notetaking

R

• Reading Strategies
  • The Development of Effective Reading Strategies
    • Layout of law texts
    • Skimming and scanning
    • Identification of key words
    • Reading for the main ideas

• Research Essay
  • What does researching the topic mean?
  • Elements of the essay
  • Topic Analysis
    • Process or directive words
    • Content words and phrases
    • Limiting words and phrases
  • Taking Notes
    • Direct Quotations
    • Short Quotations
    • Long Quotations
    • Referencing quotations
    • Paraphrasing
    • Paraphrase of passage
  • Synopsis
  • Using footnotes in your essay
  • Citation of cases

  • Bibliography

• Related Links

S

• Sample Cases
  • Clarke v Dunraven [1897] AC 59
  • Central London Property Trust v High Trees House Ltd [1947] KB 130 

  • Commercial Bank of Australia Limited v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447

U

• Understanding Cases (pg 1)
  • Sources of Law
  • Important Terms
• Understanding Cases (pg 2)
  • Reading and Analysis of Cases
  • Selection of Signifigant Information
  • Understanding and Locating Facts of Cases
  • Sequencing Events
• Understanding Cases (pg 3)
  • Writing Summaries of Cases
  • Example
• Understanding Cases (pg 4)
  • Summary of Amadio Case
  • Commercial Bank V Amadio
• Using Business Law Online