Law reading for prospective students Kings （法律对未来的学生国王的阅读）.pdf

Introductory Reading - suggestions for Law applicants Most applicants have not studied Law at school before applying for Law at King’s. Interviewers will be interested in your potential for the course and relevant skills you have been developing in your studies at school or college, but they will not expect a lot of Law- specific factual knowledge since it is a new subject. Before applying for Law it is important to think about what the subject involves. There are no particular books that we require you to read. Many books provide an introduction for Law students so you should browse through your local library and see which you find most useful/interesting. If you would like some suggestions, the following may help in introducing you to legal skills/how lawyers think (dont worry if you cant find the latest edition): Glanville Williams, Learning the Law (14th Edition by ATH Smith, 2010) This is a popular introductory book. It will not give you any specific, substantive legal knowledge, but it will provide you with useful information ranging from how to read cases to what the abbreviations mean. Ian McLeod, Legal Method (7th Edition, 2009) James A. Holland and Julian S. Webb, Learning Legal Rules (7th Edition, 2010) Nick McBride, Letters to a Law Student (2nd Edition, 2010). For a short introduction to the substantive topics and themes that arise in the study of Law, see Jeremy Waldron, The Law (1990). Some leading cases are discussed in a highly accessible manner in Catherine Barnard, Janet OSullivan and Graham Virgo (eds.), What about Law? (2nd Revised Edition, 2011). Admissions Office | King’s College | Cambridge CB2 1ST | UK TEL +44 (0)1223 331255 FAX +44 (0)1223 331193 EMAIL undergraduate.admissions@kings.cam.ac.uk