Subjects:

English Legal System

Contents:

London External Programme

Primary Textbook

Law and Legal Study

Sources of Law

The Civil Courts

The Criminal Courts

Judicial Reasoning

Judicial Reasoning

The Judiciary

The Civil Process

Arbitration, Tribunal Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Criminal Process: (1) The Investigation of Crime

The Criminal Process: (2) The Prosecution

Legal Services

The Funding of Legal Services

The European Context.

Assisting students of the English legal system to achieve an excellent understanding of the law, it's institutions and processes this thoroughly updated eighth edition sets the law and legal system in a social context and outlines a range of critical views. With comprehensive coverage of all parts of the English legal system, including the European dimension and the constitution this book is written in an accessible and readable style, clearly explaining major case decisions and legislation with critical analysis in every chapter.

New and updated information includes:-

• changes made to the law and legal system by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005;
• a new chapter on The Jury,
• analysis of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005,
• the House of Lords decision in "A (and others) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department",
• the continued development of human rights law and the Court of Appeal case of "R v (on the application of Gillan) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner";
• an updated version of the court system, the rules of civil procedure, developments in the legal profession, publicly funded law and European law.