This book is about legal research, legal writing, and the methodology of law, with a distinctive Canadian emphasis. Its source is a series of lectures that I gave to students in the Legal Research and Writing Program at Osgoode Hall Law School during my tenure as a sessional lecturer there.
Most Canadian students beginning law school do so as graduates in other disciplines.
In this respect, this book is an attempt at demystification. In addition to the above, law students also have to cope with a dearth of legal education materials that provide a comprehensive coverage of the discipline. In the past, Canadian law teachers who have been given the task of introducing law students to the nature of the legal process, as well as to a critique of the process, have had to rely both on texts from other jurisdictions and on individually prepared course materials. The purpose of this book is, therefore, to fill what many see as a gap in legal education materials for students taking courses in legal research, legal writing, and introduction to law. It also provides a resource for the teachers of these courses.