Subjects:

English Legal System

Contents:

Chapter 1 The sources of law

Chapter 2 The doctrine of judicial precedent

Chapter 3 Statutory interpretation

Chapter 4 Civil courts

Chapter 5 Criminal courts and procedure

Chapter 6 Appeals

Chapter 7 Funding

Chapter 8 Juries

Chapter 9 Lay magistrates

Chapter 10 The legal profession

Chapter 11 The Judiciary

Chapter 12 Sentencing

Appendix 1 Exercises on judicial precedent and statutory interpretation

Appendix 2 Answering questions

Index

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