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List of contents
Acknowledgements
Guide to the book
Preface
List of figures
Table of cases
Tables of statutes and other instruments
1 THE SOURCES OF LAW
2 THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM AND EUROPEAN LAW
3 THE DOCTRINE OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
4 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
5 LEGAL REASONING
6 CIVIL COURTS
7 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
8 CRIMINAL COURTS AND PROCEDURE
9 APPEALS
10 FUNDING
11 JURIES
12 LAY MAGISTRATES
13 THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS
14 THE JUDICIARY
15 SENTENCING
16 LEGAL SKILLS AND EXAMINATION PREPARATION
Index
About the author
Tom Frost is Lecturer in Legal Theory at the University of Sussex (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8990-4158).
Rebecca (Becky) Huxley-Binns is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Hull, having previously held the role of Vice-Provost, Academic Enhancement, at the University of Law. She was Law Teacher of the Year in 2010. Becky became a National Teaching Fellow in 2012 and Principal Fellow of the HEA in 2017.
Jacqueline Martin practised as a barrister for ten years before becoming a law lecturer. She was also chief examiner for a major awarding body for ten years, and has written and edited many law textbooks.
Summary
Extensively updated, the 6th edition contains four new chapters, and considers the legal consequences of 'Brexit'; the proposed 2021 Solicitors Qualifying Examination; the Lammy Review of BAME representation in the Criminal Justice System; and the proposals for a new Online Court in the civil justice system.
