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How to study law?

  • 30-09-2010 1:20pm
    #1
    sooty11
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭


    Hi all

    Ive started an IT masters and one of the modules is IT Law.

    Ive no law experience at all - My back ground is in IT.
    So I am wondering how do I study it!
    We are already on our 2nd topic (3 weeks in) and holy god the amount of reading the lecturer has put up on the course is overwhelming.

    Do I just read everything and make my own notes to go back to later??
    We also have access to the various law databases....when would I need to use this?
    Can anyone please advise how they studied law?
    Im at a bit of a loss as to where to start....and I dread falling behind.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Jo King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Jo King


    It all depends on the topics and the type of exam being faced. Scrutiny of past papers is crucial. Most people start with the smallest book they can find on the topic and then read bigger and bigger books and the occasional case report.


  • #3
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,733 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    I'm from a similiar IT background so studying law, my impression, it was a bit wordly.
    I'd echo Jo King's post.
    My study method was to convert the legal principles into terms familiar to the IT world, such as pseduo-code (if-then-else) or do ad-hoc flow chart modeling of various cases. Once you get a grasp of the legal basics, it should begin to make more sense.


  • #4
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    sooty11 wrote: »
    Hi all

    Ive started an IT masters and one of the modules is IT Law.

    Ive no law experience at all - My back ground is in IT.
    So I am wondering how do I study it!
    We are already on our 2nd topic (3 weeks in) and holy god the amount of reading the lecturer has put up on the course is overwhelming.

    Do I just read everything and make my own notes to go back to later??
    We also have access to the various law databases....when would I need to use this?
    Can anyone please advise how they studied law?
    Im at a bit of a loss as to where to start....and I dread falling behind.

    Thanks

    IT - Diagrams. They work for law too.
    Study - Read, note, diagram, repeat, re-read. Learn.
    Reading - Concept first, case to go with concept (one pro and one con) apply case to concept. Understand it.
    Databases, maybe if required to get cases. Most will be English or EU no doubt.

    Study law with an interest! ... don't let the volume overwhelm. Break it down.

    Key concept - Case/Statute - Answer. Keep it simple all the time and reject the mental temptation to see vast tracts of paper as a threat. Law is interesting particularly IT law.

    Have fun too, it's important.

    Tom


  • #5
    sooty11
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭sooty11


    Thanks guys. Thats great advise.

    Lots of reading ahead then!

    The way we are doing the course is by covering particular areas relating to IT law. So for example first topic was "identifying internet users". And we given several cases to read which touched on this subject.


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