Law book list cost?

anfield bound

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone on here could give me a rough idea of the costs I can expect for the junior freshman law book list?
I've had a good root around online and can't seem to find anything, so any help would be much appreciated!

chunkylover4

You don't really need to get books as they are on average around 100 euro although some are far more and there are quite a few copies of any book you will use in the library.
If you get entrance exhibitions (a book voucher if you get over 560 points in LC) then you might as well get them, but wait till the first few weeks as the publishers will come in to give you discounts.
or you can buy them second hand, I have a copy of the Irish Legal system by Byrne and Mccuthon that is in Mint condition if you want to buy it at a highly discounted price.

anfield bound

chunkylover4 wrote: »

You don't really need to get books as they are on average around 100 euro although some are far more and there are quite a few copies of any book you will use in the library.
If you get entrance exhibitions (a book voucher if you get over 560 points in LC) then you might as well get them, but wait till the first few weeks as the publishers will come in to give you discounts.
or you can buy them second hand, I have a copy of the Irish Legal system by Byrne and Mccuthon that is in Mint condition if you want to buy it at a highly discounted price.

I'm a mature student so that's out the window!
For arguments sake, if I was hell bent on having a shiny new, fully stocked, book list for september, should I expect to see little/no change from a grand?

chunkylover4

anfield bound wrote: »

I'm a mature student so that's out the window!
For arguments sake, if I was hell bent on having a shiny new, fully stocked, book list for september, should I expect to see little/no change from a grand?

You would probably spend about 700 for all six first year subjects, my advice would be just to take some shiny ones out from the library, before term starts.

whendovescry

anfield bound wrote: »

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone on here could give me a rough idea of the costs I can expect for the junior freshman law book list?
I've had a good root around online and can't seem to find anything, so any help would be much appreciated!

They are normally 80+ euro, but I have several that I can offload to you as I changed courses soon after buying 300 quid worth of books

Morgase

Check the likes of adverts.ie aswell, it's good for getting a hold of college books. Only buy the ones you'll be getting a lot of use out of.

anfield bound

Morgase wrote: »

Check the likes of adverts.ie aswell, it's good for getting a hold of college books. Only buy the ones you'll be getting a lot of use out of.

This ties in with another question I had. If I was to get over my irrational craving for the complete book list, what would be the titles/subjects that WOULD be considered essential to have?
Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.

Unshelved

My advice would be to hold off buying books as long as you can. Your lecturers will be able to give you good advice on what books are essential to buy but don't rush to buy any unless you really have to. Many students get by without buying any books at all and just relying on the Library.

Morgase

anfield bound wrote: »

This ties in with another question I had. If I was to get over my irrational craving for the complete book list, what would be the titles/subjects that WOULD be considered essential to have?
Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.

I presume that as a mature student, you had an interview with a member of the department? You could contact that person and ask what the main book is. That's what I did as a mature student anyways; my interviewer was just about the most helpful person you could meet.

Sadly I can't tell you what book(s) to get, as I'm in the sciences.

If you intend to do most of your studying in the library I wouldn't bother buying any as the library tends to be very well-stocked. If you live far from college and will do a lot of study from home then it just might be worth your while to get the main books so you don't have to haul them around on your commute.

anfield bound

Morgase wrote: »

I presume that as a mature student, you had an interview with a member of the department? You could contact that person and ask what the main book is. That's what I did as a mature student anyways; my interviewer was just about the most helpful person you could meet.

Sadly I can't tell you what book(s) to get, as I'm in the sciences.

If you intend to do most of your studying in the library I wouldn't bother buying any as the library tends to be very well-stocked. If you live far from college and will do a lot of study from home then it just might be worth your while to get the main books so you don't have to haul them around on your commute.

Good suggestion (contacting the interviwers-there were 4!). I'm 20 mins away on the DART so I'm sure I'll be intimately acquainted with the library. All in all, it sounds like I should hold off until I figure out what's essential.

butterball2

Having been one of those first years that ran out and bought all the recommended texts I would definitely say hold back for a while.

The book lists you get for each subject are long and so before you even consider what to buy I would maybe consider how you want to approach your study.

Read the TCD Law Student handbook which they will give you in Fresher's Week and read the advice on different grades. You will see that in order to score high you will need to show evidence of having read Articles, critical analysis etc.

If you approach the year from the position that you need to focus on the textbooks and know everything in them it may not be the best approach. Knowing how to mix sources of information is a good attribute. Also the texts which they recommend are normally practitioner texts and are very dense. There can be easier, quicker and cheaper ways to get the same information.

Having said all that, how you want to approach your study will completely depend on you.

If you are interested in doing a quick price check here are the books I was advised to get in 1st year:

Tort: McMahon and Binchy (they are coming out with a new addition, the current one is a bit out of date now)

Irish Legal System: Byrne and McCutcheon

Constitutional Law 2: Doyle Textbook (very student friendly text - not a practitioner book)

Contract - Clark Book (Didn't like this book, preferred McDermott, but McDermott is from 1998)

Criminal Law - I used Charelton

Legislation and Statutory Regulation - No assigned book for this but general research in library and you will find a couple of decent chapters in other books which are relevant.

anfield bound

butterball2 wrote: »

Having been one of those first years that ran out and bought all the recommended texts I would definitely say hold back for a while.

The book lists you get for each subject are long and so before you even consider what to buy I would maybe consider how you want to approach your study.

Read the TCD Law Student handbook which they will give you in Fresher's Week and read the advice on different grades. You will see that in order to score high you will need to show evidence of having read Articles, critical analysis etc.

If you approach the year from the position that you need to focus on the textbooks and know everything in them it may not be the best approach. Knowing how to mix sources of information is a good attribute. Also the texts which they recommend are normally practitioner texts and are very dense. There can be easier, quicker and cheaper ways to get the same information.

Having said all that, how you want to approach your study will completely depend on you.

If you are interested in doing a quick price check here are the books I was advised to get in 1st year:

Tort: McMahon and Binchy (they are coming out with a new addition, the current one is a bit out of date now)

Irish Legal System: Byrne and McCutcheon

Constitutional Law 2: Doyle Textbook (very student friendly text - not a practitioner book)

Contract - Clark Book (Didn't like this book, preferred McDermott, but McDermott is from 1998)

Criminal Law - I used Charelton

Legislation and Statutory Regulation - No assigned book for this but general research in library and you will find a couple of decent chapters in other books which are relevant.

Extremely helpful post, thank you. Will check out those titles, but will restrain the "MUST HAVE COMPLETE LIST!!" beast within.

Hippo

I'd add Kelly on the Constitution to that lot, superb book.