Subjects:

English Legal System

Contents:

Unit 1: Law making and the legal System

Section A: Law making

Part 1: Parliamentary law making

Chapter 1: Parliamentary law making

Part 2: Delegated legislation

Chapter 2: Delegated legislation

Part 3: Statutory interpretation

Chapter 3: Statutory interpretation

Part 4: Judicial precedent

Chapter 4: Judicial precedent

Section B: The Legal System

Part 5: The civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution

Chapter 5: The civil courts

Chapter 6: Tribunals

Chapter 7: Alternative methods of dispute resolution

Part 6: The criminal courts and lay people

Chapter 8: Criminal courts

Chapter 9: Magistrates

Chapter 10: The jury

Part 7: The Legal Profession and other sources of advice and funding

Chapter 11: The legal profession

Chapter 12: Paying for legal services

Part 8: The judiciary

Chapter 13: The judges

Unit 2: The concept of liability

Section A: Introduction to criminal liability

Part 9: Underlying principles of criminal liability

Chapter 14: Elements of a crime: actus reus

Chapter 15: Elements of a crime: mens rea

Chapter 16: Non-fatal offences against the person

Chapter 17: Strict liability in criminal law

Part 10: The criminal courts, procedure and sentencing

Chapter 18: Criminal Procedure

Chapter 19 Sentencing

Section B: Introduction to tort

Part 11: Liability in negligence

Chapter 20 Negligence

Part 12: The civil courts, procedure and damages

Chapter 21 Civil procedure

Chapter 22 Compensatory damages

Section C: Introduction to contract

Part 13: Formation of contract

Chapter 23 Offer and acceptance

Chapter 24 Intention to create legal relations

Chapter 25 Consideration

Part 14 Breach of contract

Chapter 26 Breach of contract

Part 15: The civil courts, procedure and damages

Chapter 27 Compensatory damages

Appendix 1: Answering examination questions

Appendix 2: A guide to law reports and case references

Select bibliography

Glossary

Answers to exercises

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