Learning the Law is a book written by
Glanville Williams and
edited by him and A. T. H. Smith. It professes to be a "Guide, Philosopher and Friend".[1]
The tome is a "standard" work[2] which has been called a "classic",[3] and said to be "useful"[4] and "most original".[5] The Law Journal said they expected it to become a
vade mecum for those studying law.[6] The
University of London encouraged their students to use the book.[7]
The first eleven
editions are by
Glanville Williams. The First and Second Editions were published in 1945, the Third in 1950, the Fourth in 1953, the Fifth in 1954, the Sixth in 1957, the Seventh in 1963, the Eighth in 1969, the Ninth in 1973, the Tenth in 1978, the Eleventh in 1982, the Twelfth in 2002, the Thirteenth in 2006, the Fourteenth in 2010, the Fifteenth in 2013, and the Sixteenth in 2016. A Second
Impression Revised of the Second Edition was published in 1946. The Seventh, and Ninth to Eleventh, Editions also had more than one impression. The book has been published both in
hardback and
paperback.
References
^These words appear as a heading on the front cover of the Tenth and Eleventh Editions.
^Mike McConville and Wing Hong Chui (eds). Research Methods for Law. Edinburgh University Press. Second Edition. 2017. Page
21
^"Book Reviews" (1980) 7 Monash University Law Review 115
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^Noel Lyon. Inside Law School: Two Dialogues about Legal Education. University of Calgary Press. 1999. Page
Page 209.
^(1950) 114 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 303
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^Regulations for External Students. University of London. 1958. Pages 228 and 608.
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Julius J Marke (ed), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at
New York University with Selected
Annotations, Law Center of New York University, 1953,
Library of Congress Catalog card 58-6489, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. (Union, New Jersey) 1999,
p 231