How to Moot: A Mooter's Guide...!!!
Book Details
Author(s)Jaya Kathju Zutshi
PublisherUnited Book Prints
ISBN / ASINB00R4Y2ROC
ISBN-13978B00R4Y2RO4
Sales Rank837,110
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Mooters, mooting, moot court! One of the most fascinating words in the dictionary of a law student. This book introduces us to the intricacies of mooting in a crisp and an interesting manner!
The book begins with illustrating some of the key reasons why a law student should moot – some of which are development of skills, practice of legal claims, employability and adrenaline rush. In this section we expand on each of the reasons with appropriate examples to help the reader understand why he should invest reasonable time into mooting. This book is targeted both for the amateur law student who is yet to understand the importance of mooting and for the experienced law student who aspires to hone his skills in mooting and build on his capability to face the challenges that will come his way after graduation.
In the next section, the reader is introduced the importance of reading the moot problem in detail to understand the obvious information and the latent information in the problem statement. How memorizing the facts of the case helps to answer the questions during oral rounds factually. How to get clarity on the facts and then optimally frame the skeleton of the arguments – decide where and how to research – and finally divide the arguments among members of the team. Why it is helpful to work collectively, and have a functioning information of each other’s arguments for when it comes to the moot.
Moving forward, we discuss how to find authorities to support the argument. The book also aims at building the reader’s capability to choose the authorities depending on the type of moot. For example, if one is working on an international moot, it becomes imperative to depend on treaties, customary international law; general principles of laws of nations, judicial decisions and juristic work. However, for a national moot, legislations and case law are considered to be more appropriate.
We then discuss why the oral rounds of the moot are the most interesting part of the moot. And how the effort put in the past few months gets narrowed down to the oral rounds. This section also introduces the readers to the potential adrenaline rush one gets while speaking in front of the judge.
The next section introduces the reader to the conduct that is expected out of a mooter while facing the Judge. In this section, the reader is coached on how to best utilize the time available for putting up the argument and for rebuttal. And what should be done if the arguments are not completed in the time allocated – hurrying up to complete arguments versus skipping some arguments to meet the time allocated.
In the forthcoming sections, the reader is advised about important strategies that are usually missed out by the mooter but if used properly, give a strong competitive edge to the mooter. At the end of the book, I share the complete memorial that I wrote for Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2008 – Winner of the Award for Second Best Memorial from India.
The book begins with illustrating some of the key reasons why a law student should moot – some of which are development of skills, practice of legal claims, employability and adrenaline rush. In this section we expand on each of the reasons with appropriate examples to help the reader understand why he should invest reasonable time into mooting. This book is targeted both for the amateur law student who is yet to understand the importance of mooting and for the experienced law student who aspires to hone his skills in mooting and build on his capability to face the challenges that will come his way after graduation.
In the next section, the reader is introduced the importance of reading the moot problem in detail to understand the obvious information and the latent information in the problem statement. How memorizing the facts of the case helps to answer the questions during oral rounds factually. How to get clarity on the facts and then optimally frame the skeleton of the arguments – decide where and how to research – and finally divide the arguments among members of the team. Why it is helpful to work collectively, and have a functioning information of each other’s arguments for when it comes to the moot.
Moving forward, we discuss how to find authorities to support the argument. The book also aims at building the reader’s capability to choose the authorities depending on the type of moot. For example, if one is working on an international moot, it becomes imperative to depend on treaties, customary international law; general principles of laws of nations, judicial decisions and juristic work. However, for a national moot, legislations and case law are considered to be more appropriate.
We then discuss why the oral rounds of the moot are the most interesting part of the moot. And how the effort put in the past few months gets narrowed down to the oral rounds. This section also introduces the readers to the potential adrenaline rush one gets while speaking in front of the judge.
The next section introduces the reader to the conduct that is expected out of a mooter while facing the Judge. In this section, the reader is coached on how to best utilize the time available for putting up the argument and for rebuttal. And what should be done if the arguments are not completed in the time allocated – hurrying up to complete arguments versus skipping some arguments to meet the time allocated.
In the forthcoming sections, the reader is advised about important strategies that are usually missed out by the mooter but if used properly, give a strong competitive edge to the mooter. At the end of the book, I share the complete memorial that I wrote for Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2008 – Winner of the Award for Second Best Memorial from India.
