FE1 Books (not manuals)

Diddlina

I presume that I need to get my hands on some of these texts before I start the FE1's in June. So does anyone have any they could pass on to me? I cant afford to buy them new. Thank you!

Tort:
McMahon & Binchy, Casebook on the Irish Law of Torts, 2nd Ed, (1992), Butterworths.
McMahon & Binchy, Irish Law of Torts, 3rd Ed, (2000), Butterworths.
Quill, Torts in Ireland, (1999), Gill & Macmillan.

Contract:
Clark, Contract in Ireland, 4th Ed, (1998), Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell
Friel, The Law of Contract, (2000), Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell.
McDermott, Contract Law, (2001), Butterworths.

Property:
Wylie, Irish Land Law, 3rd Ed, (1997), Butterworths.
Lyall, Land Law in Ireland, 2nd Ed, (2000) Round Hall / Sweet &
Maxwell
Coughlan, Property Law, 2nd Ed, (1998) Gill & Macmillan
Pearce and Mee, Land Law, 2nd Ed, (2000), Round Hall / Sweet &
Maxwell


Equity
Delany, Equity and the Law of Trusts in Ireland, 3rd Ed, (2003), Round
Hall/Sweet & Maxwell.

Criminal Law:
McAuley & McCutcheon, Criminal Liability, (2000) Roundhall Sweet &
Maxwell
Charleton, Bolger & McDermott, Irish Criminal Law, (1999),
Butterworths.

Company Law:
Courtney, The Law of Private Companies (2nd ed; 2002) Butterworths
Keane, Company Law in the Republic of Ireland, 3rd Ed, (2000),
Butterworths
Forde, Company Law, 3rd Ed, (1999), Round Hall / Sweet & Maxwell

Constitutional Law:
Casey, Constitutional Law in Ireland, 3rd Ed., (2000), Round Hall /
Sweet & Maxwell
Forde, Constitutional Law, 2nd Ed., (2004) First Law
Hogan & Whyte, J.M. Kelly, The Irish Constitution, 4th Ed., (2003),
Lexis Nexis

Font22

not sure if its actually necessary to have the books, u could just go to a library and have a look at them there if u needed to, they are ridiculously expensive. if you are buying them tho dont buy Clarks contract book. i have it and think its useless. Courtneys book for company is excellent and I would recommend Lyalls for land law (saved me in my property exam in college). Caseys constitutional book and Delanys equity are both very good as well. the thought of the FE1's is starting to scare me now!!!

kronsington

the manuals really are all you need for the exams, maybe consult the gazette on law society website

try borrow some of the books if you need to double check something but i think you should be ok with the manuals

dK1NG

it all depends on your preference tbh - i used a combo of both manuals and books (depending on the subject)

just make sure u dont get too bogged down in lots of useless detail (exam wise) as the books will contain a lot of detail that u can skip over altogether!!!

anyhow, if u do decide that u still want some books, send me a PM, i still have some of them.

Diddlina

Font22 wrote:

not sure if its actually necessary to have the books, u could just go to a library and have a look at them there if u needed to, they are ridiculously expensive.

I will only be up in Dublin one day a week so the Library is not a luxury I'll have. I had a look at the prices in Easons and nearly fainted I could photo copy the whole book for cheaper (I obviously wouldn't)

Font22 wrote:

the thought of the FE1's is starting to scare me now!!!

Yeah tell me about it. It's really handy that everyone is giving such practical advice on here though as I know no-one who has done them and just moved back from England. I'm now going to do (hopefully) 5 subjects in the first go instead of 4.

tombren

the best thing u could probably do at the moment is get yourself the nutshells books, 20 euro each, will give u a good, concise idea of what each subject is about, forget trying to buy the textbook, way too much info that u don't need for the exams, and crazily overpriced

kronsington

tombren wrote:

the best thing u could probably do at the moment is get yourself the nutshells books, 20 euro each, will give u a good, concise idea of what each subject is about, forget trying to buy the textbook, way too much info that u don't need for the exams, and crazily overpriced

very much agree with this.. while the manuals are important, the nutshells books are equally so. i passed tort, property and company mainly from the nutshells books. would still definately read the manuals to understand the topic but definately get a hold of the nutshells

Diddlina

Ok I will invest in some nutshells. The land ones were invalubale in my degree. Cheers

yournamehere

have quill; mee and casey. PM for details. Have Courtney and McMahon & Binchy but I'm holding on those babies

EC1000

Diddlina,

I have recently purchased a lot of the nutshells on amazon and they are very reasonable there.

A general question for people: is there a nutshell for EU? I can only find the British version which is probably not much use. Any advice on an alternative?

yournamehere

you can use the british books for eu, It's about the only subject you can use british books for, its actually a big help as far more uk academic texts than irish ones. Mike Cuthberts is pretty good.

tombren

there was rumours that they were going to be out this week, but 2 people i know rang the law society were told june, but werent told when in june

johnnyskeleton

Before you buy any of the proper text books, look to see if there is an updated version in the pipeline. For example, Charleton et al on Criminal Law has an new version expected out at the end of 2007. It would be a shame to spend €100+ on a book that will be out of date in a few months.

You have listed quite a few books, but the top pics are:
Tort McMahon & Binchy
Contract McDermott
Property Wylie
Equity Delany
Criminal Law Charleton, Bolger & McDermott (wait for 2nd ed)
Company Law Courtney,
Constitutional Law Kelly

Nutshells are good for exams, but if you need to look up any nice point, you might want to get some of the above.

dK1NG

johnnyskeleton wrote:

You have listed quite a few books, but the top pics are:
Tort McMahon & Binchy
Contract McDermott
Property Wylie
Equity Delany
Criminal Law Charleton, Bolger & McDermott (wait for 2nd ed)
Company Law Courtney,
Constitutional Law Kelly

Nutshells are good for exams, but if you need to look up any nice point, you might want to get some of the above.

Just my 2 cents, but quill being the tort examiner so u might take a look at his book.

and kelly is way too detailed for these exams, casey is perfect.

just my thoughts.:)

johnnyskeleton

dK1NG wrote:

Just my 2 cents, but quill being the tort examiner so u might take a look at his book.

and kelly is way too detailed for these exams, casey is perfect.

just my thoughts.:)

I suppose I should have said that the above books can be considered to be the last word on their respective subjects, but for exam purposes, nutshells and the other books will do just fine.

gerryok1

Cheers Tombren, got them this morning and well happy, did 5 got four, just one to go, EU again for the third time, at least the end is in sight.

gabgab

Hi guys excuse my ignorance here, what are the nutshell books??

I have just started these fe1's and am a little shocked to say the least. I'm doing them in Griffith,

I am doing,
Contract,
Company,
Constitutional,
Contract

Recommended to me by my sisters friend who is a practicing solicitor,

Did people generally focus on learning off topics or getting previous exam questions answered spot on??

Thanks,

negligence

Does anyone Know the Griffith tips for what is coming up in Tort?

Tom Young

Wylie is now available on line as far as I know.

walrusgumble

Tom Young wrote:

Wylie is now available on line as far as I know.

where? how?

superficies

i heard the woman who teaches properyt in griffith - fiona something - is releasing a book in septmeber called Principles of Property Law. Apparently it's cheap for a law book (under 100 quid) and she's quitre so would think book will also be good and have all the reform stuff in it.

Tom Young

Not sure who you're referring to but if its Fiona De Londras, the book will be well written. She's rather talented and does teach property law.

Heads the ball

Hi guys – I am desperately looking for (a reasonably priced, second hand version) of latest edition of JM Kelly on the Irish Constitution.

Can anyone help?

Very much appreciated in advance

234

Last edition was in 2003 so some areas could be out of date by now. Also, 2000 paages is probably more than you would need for any exam. Forde or Doyle might be a better buy, cheaper too. Saw Kelly for E220 in Hodges & Figgis a while ago. Even second hand you would probably pay E100.

Heads the ball

234 wrote: »

Last edition was in 2003 so some areas could be out of date by now. Also, 2000 paages is probably more than you would need for any exam. Forde or Doyle might be a better buy, cheaper too. Saw Kelly for E220 in Hodges & Figgis a while ago. Even second hand you would probably pay E100.

Cheers mate. I actually have Doyle but I need Kelly. Just cant afford the 200+ price, so a decent second hand version would be great.

234

I think I remember one in the TCD SU Bookshop for around E140 at one stage. Not sure if it's still there. Was in good condition. Best bet is to scour all the student bookshops.