Legal rules affect every aspect of our lives.
Every day we all do, or fail to do, things which have actual or potential legal consequences. Even a simple task such as buying a book is governed by complex and detailed legal rules. Car drivers are bound by a whole range of civil and criminal duties. The relationships that exist between employers and employees, consumers and retailers, parents and children, government agencies and citizens, are all regulated by Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments, Case Law, Legislation of the European Union, or even International Declarations of Human Rights. For one person to understand this vast network of interrelated rules is impossible.