Law · Subjects

The problem

You know the rule, you no longer know which provision it rests on.

Legal study demands a volume of memorisation no rereading absorbs: definitions, regimes, exceptions, numbers. And one missing condition is enough to bring down an otherwise well-built argument.

The provision and its rule, together

The card links the number to the content, both ways. Citing accurately is a skill of its own, and it is trained like the rest.

Cumulative conditions, counted

Three conditions, not two. The card asks for the complete list, because leaving one out is what costs most in a problem question.

Regimes and their exceptions

A principle is retained quickly, its exceptions never. They deserve separate cards, questioned apart from the principle they limit.

From your notes to cards

A lecture handout, three cards.

A definition, a basis to recover, a regime to identify.

Uploaded excerpt · obligations, formation of contract

A contract is an agreement of wills intended to create legal effects. Its validity requires the consent of the parties, their capacity and lawful, certain content. Fraud is a defect of consent resulting from manoeuvres.

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Two-sided

What is a contract?

An agreement of wills intended to create legal effects.

Fill in the blank

Validity requires consent, the … of the parties and lawful, certain content.

capacity

Multiple choice

Fraud is a defect of consent resulting from what?

Manoeuvres

A spontaneous mistake

Physical violence

Mere silence

The right shapes

What is memorised in law

Three shapes, for three natures of legal knowledge.

Two-sided

For definitions, which an exam expects phrased in the words of the law rather than paraphrased.

Fill in the blank

For a condition in the middle of an enumeration, or a provision number inside its sentence.

Multiple choice

Defects of consent and neighbouring regimes blur together: close options force you to tell them apart.

Your sources

Codes, lectures and handouts

The lecture, a case note, an extract of a code, tutorial slides: legal text converts as it is.

PDF

A chapter, a handout, a past paper with answers.

Word

Your own notes, in .doc as well as .docx.

PowerPoint

The lecture deck, exactly as you were given it.

Photo of your notes

The whiteboard or your notebook, as JPG or PNG.

YouTube video

An online lecture, straight from its address.

Pasted text

Three paragraphs are enough to make a deck.

Anki import

Your old deck finds its place again, in its own window.

On exam day

Before the exams

With the date entered, the least secure regimes come round more often in the final weeks. Break periods stay free of recalls. The method, in detail →

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to learn provision numbers?

It depends on the paper, but when it is required, the card is the right tool: a number is short and arbitrary data, exactly what spaced repetition retains best.

How do I revise case law?

One card for the facts, one for the holding, one for its scope. The case name alone is useless: it is the holding attached to the name that gets cited.

What about problem questions?

Cards hold the regimes and their conditions, which the reasoning then applies. Characterising the facts is trained on cases, not on cards.

Can I upload an entire code?

Better to proceed chapter by chapter. One regime at a time yields precise cards; a whole code would give an unmanageable volume and cards too general to serve.