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Key Facts and Key Cases: The English Legal System will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your English Legal System module with ease. This book explains in concise and straightforward terms:
- Discussion of the courts system, both civil and criminal;
- Details of the tribunal system
- The doctrine of precedent
- Statutory interpretation
- Personnel in the legal system, both professional and lay
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Key Facts and Key Cases revision series is designed to give you a clear understanding and concise overview of the fundamental principles of your law course. The books' chapters reflect the most commonly taught topics, breaking the law down into bite-size sections with descriptive headings. Diagrams, tables and bullet points are used throughout to make the law easy to understand and remember, and comprehensive case checklists are provided for each chapter that show the principles and application of case law for your subject.
List of contents
1. What is law? 2. Judicial precedent 3. Legislation 4. Statutory Interpretation 5. European Union law 6. Law reform 7. The civil justice system 8. Tribunals and Inquiries 9. Police powers 10. The criminal process and courts 11. Sentencing 12. The legal profession 13. The Judiciary 14. Lay magistrates 15. Juries 16. Legal services and funding
About the author
Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years’ experience as a practicing barrister and has taught law at all levels.
Series editors: Jacqueline Martin and Chris Turner LLM, who is a Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University.
