Description
This text is core material for the course in the law of Succession, a core undergraduate LLB module. The text will present an introductory, comprehensive overview of the field, and content will be structured to meet broad curriculum requirements.

Succession means inheritance.

Key features

• Web-based resources: resources assist students to improve their understanding / academic performance
• provide case reading
• Offers a clear and helpful pedagogical design to support students learning needs and academic skills development: this compensates for the lack of class interaction with lecturers, resulting from time pressures. Students build their academic skills and form a better understanding of principles, and this helps them to develop better academically and to achieve a higher performance. It also relieves some of the pressure on lecturers.
• and inform their broader understanding of the field.
• The text is a true student textbook: it presents only the principles which are necessary for the course, and does not attempt to include detail for pra ctitioners reference. This means that the text is comprehensive and academically sound, but it eliminates the unnecessary detail and heavy footnoting which confuses students and slows down their reading. It sets out the basic principles, and builds a solid map or framework of understanding. It is therefore much more clear, accessible, efficient and appropriate for students.
• Offers both theoretical content and a strong methodology for application (very applied approach): teaches students how to apply the principles (this is a vital part of the course and an important skill which determines students performance.)
• Offers a clear conceptual understanding, presents the material in a way which is accessible and appropriate: helps students at introductory level to understand the law and the legal context, is clear and less confusing, and is positioned at the correct level.
• Addresses aspects of customary law: provides important content which most lecturers do not know. Ensures that the book offers a truly holistic approach.

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