Used by thousands of students each year, this best-selling title is your definitive guide to all aspects of the English Legal System. Ideally suited for use on LLB or GDL programmes, its unrivalled coverage combined with the authors' trademark clarity of writing ensures you have the best possible foundation for your study.
Used by thousands of students each year, this best-selling title is your definitive guide to all aspects of the English Legal System. Ideally suited for use on LLB or GDL programmes, its unrivalled coverage combined with the authors' trademark clarity of writing ensures you have the best possible foundation for your study.
Catherine Elliott (LLB, DEA) is a qualified barrister and a Senior Lecturer in Law at City University London. She has extensive experience of teaching and writing about law.
Frances Quinn is an award-winning journalist with a particular interest in and experience of writing about the law.
Part 1: Sources of law
1. Case law
2. Statute law
3. Statutory interpretation
4. Delegrated legislation
5. European law
6. Custom
7. Equity
8. Treaties
9. Law reform
Part 2: People working in the legal system
10. The judges
11. The legal professions
12. The jury
13. Magistrates
14. Administration of justice
Part 3: Human rights
15. Introduction to human rights
16. Remedies for infringement of human rights
Part 4: Dispute resolution
17. Paying for legal services
18. The police
19. The criminal trial process
20. Sentencing
21. Young offenders
22. The civil justice system
23. Tribunals
24. Appeals and judicial review
25. Alternative methods of dispute resolution
Part 5: Concepts of law
26. Law and rules
27. Law and morals
28. Law and justice
Appendix: Answering exam questions
Glossary
Selected bibliography