Spreece wrote: » Very hard to predict but if you strike it lucky, very easy to answer. As you go through the course, you need to read the detail of the cases that you encounter rather than just the main legal point established in the case. Always have the case study question in mind when you are studying and think about: What are the main facts of the case? What was the legislator trying to achieve? Why did the Supreme Court decide as it did? What were the implications of the decision? Have there been any more recent developments in this area? Constitutional is hard, there are very few shortcuts available.
Fe7 wrote: » Could someone explain to me what is the deal behind Constitutional case note questions? How do people have any idea what cases could come up in order to study? Is there a list somewhere of them? Is it all cases spanning from the depths of time? Are they just recent cases from the year? Are cases asked in one exam ever repeated in another? .. very, very lost.
Corplawtrainee wrote: » Thanks a million, really appreciate it!
Corplawtrainee wrote: » Hi all, Any advice on narrowing down topics for Tort? Just starting and a bit overwhelmed in regards to the amount of content that I need to cover between now and march. Was going through defamation, that topic is so chunky in itself can't imagine doing that 15 times over.
Fe1user5555 wrote: » And an essay on meetings
lawgrad49 wrote: » Someone else on Boards sent me on this, one question missing: Directors Duties - Essay Incorporation - Problem Realisation of Assets 212 Minority Shareholder Oppression - Problem Transfer of Shares - Problem Corporate Authority - Essay Restriction of a director - Problem
CoconutHeadMia wrote: » Hi, does anybody have a constitutional, contract and company grid up to date by any chance please?
bluerthanu wrote: » Sat it in November and I covered: - general principles (all of them, but a focus on human rights); - institutions/democratic deficit etc; - judicial review; - direct effect; and - fmog (art 30, 34, 110 - all of these because sometimes they are two questions). I made notes on citizenship but this was basically night before stuff as a backup. Didn’t need it in the end. Those broad five topics almost always give you five questions to answer each year and they rarely throw up surprises really. I’m someone who covers the absolute bare minimum however. Most would also cover either citizenship (but this also requires fmow) or competition (which is massive). My advice on EU is that it’s an incredibly handy exam but the content is just really alien and overwhelming at first. I personally worked back from grids, exam papers, and then notes. The questions are pretty much identical every year. As with all areas of law if starting from scratch, it really will make your life easier (and, dare I say, the whole process *slightly* more enjoyable) if you try at the outset to just broadly wrap your head around EU law (the primacy of eu law), it’s (short) history (and how its evolved to today), and how it interacts with national law (the preliminary reference procedure and direct effect). It doesn’t operate like other areas of common law because its authority derives purely from supranational ceding of sovereignty (and that tension is always there). Of course, this is only a luxury and not a necessary. If you’re time constrained, skip that nonsense. However, if you have the time, I think you’ll find studying it just so much easier. One final thing to remember is that you can use your treaties in the exam, so get this straight away and start marking it (you can use highlighters and tabs). I’m not messing when I say that you could bluff an answer on either general principles, institutions, and maybe even citizenship/fmow at a push just by using the treaties. The Convention is there and all the Directives. Best of luck!
JCJCJC wrote: » Get the handouts from Dr Carolan’s annual Constitutional Law Update conference if you can, best possible preparation for the exam. I went to the conference with a buddy who had failed Constitutional a few times, he got it the next time. We are both practising now.
neon123 wrote: » Guys does anyone have any tips for approaching Constitutional? People have mentioned its best to know small bits of detail for most of the topics examinable but the examiner seems to throw in the odd Q which only covers a narrow part of the course. Is it the case that knowing small bits of detail for most topics would mean one should be able to answer 5 Qs on an average exam?
Iso_123 wrote: » Does anyone have any advice on best topics to cover for EU or just generally for EU? Hoping to only have 2 exams left to do in March (depending on November results) and EU is one of them. I've never studied it before so I am completely starting from scratch and finding it a bit difficult to get my head around.
baloo21 wrote: » Hi guys - maybe a little late to this but have the applications for the March sitting already closed? If not, when is the deadline?
