OCR Law for AS
Contributors: Teal, Sue
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781444192759; 9781299986329; 9781444192766; 9781444192742
Subjects: Law; LAW; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Description: Cover all the topics and utilise more past papers with this fully up-to-date OCR AS Law textbook. Written by an expert who has helped hundreds of thousands of students achieve their best in their law exams, this textbook covers all the topics for OCR AS Law in a clear and accessible way. - Address recent changes in the legal system in areas such as police powers, sentencing and legal aid. - Help clarify more complex concepts with illustrations, activities and interesting cases. - Provide your students with excellent insight into the kind of examination questions they may find on the OCR AS Law.
Notes: Chapter 14 Judicial precedent.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Acts of Parliament; Table of Cases; UNIT 1; Chapter 1 Introduction to Law; 1.1 Civil law; 1.2 Criminal Law; 1.3 Differences between civil and criminal law; 1.4 Double liability; 1.5 Human rights and the English legal system; Chapter 2 Civil cases; 2.1 Negotiation; 2.2 Starting a court case; 2.3 Small claims; 2.4 County Court; 2.5 High Court; 2.6 The Woolf Reforms; 2.7 Appellate courts; 2.8 Appeal routes in civil cases; 2.9 Tribunals; Chapter 3 Alternative methods of dispute resolution; 3.1 Negotiation; 3.2 Mediation.; title: 3.3 Conciliation3.4 Arbitration; Chapter 4 Police powers; 4.1 Powers to stop and search; 4.2 Powers of arrest; 4.3 Powers of detention; 4.4 Police interviews of suspects; 4.5 Searches, fingerprints and body samples; 4.6 The balance between police powers and individual rights; 4.7 Complaints against the police; Chapter 5 Pre-trial procedure in criminal cases; 5.1 Pre-trial hearings; 5.2 Bail; 5.3 Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); Chapter 6 Criminal courts; 6.1 Magistrates' Courts; 6.2 Youth courts; 6.3 The Crown Court; Chapter 7 Criminal appeals; 7.1 Appeals from the Magistrates' Court.; title: 7.2 Appeals from the Crown Court7.3 The Criminal Cases Review Commission; Chapter 8 Sentencing; 8.1 The role of the courts; 8.2 Aims of sentencing; 8.3 Sentencing practice in the courts; 8.4 Powers of the courts; 8.5 Young offenders; 8.6 Mentally ill offenders; Chapter 9 The judiciary; 9.1 Types of judges; 9.2 Qualifications; 9.3 Selection; 9.4 Appointment; 9.5 Judicial roles; 9.6 Training; 9.7 Tenure; 9.8 Composition of the Bench; 9.9 Theory of the separation of powers; 9.10 Independence of the judiciary; Chapter 10 The legal profession; 10.1 Solicitors; 10.2 Barristers.; title: 10.3 Legal Services Act 200710.4 Fusion; 10.5 Women and ethnic minorities in the legal profession; 10.6 Future reforms; Chapter 11 Magistrates; 11.1 Lay magistrates; 11.2 Qualifications; 11.3 Appointment; 11.4 Composition of the Bench today; 11.5 Magistrates' duties; 11.6 Training of lay magistrates; 11.7 Retirement and removal; 11.8 The magistrates' clerk; 11.9 Advantages of lay magistrates; 11.10 Disadvantages of lay magistrates; 11.11 Comparing lay magistrates and District Judges; Chapter 12 Juries; 12.1 History of the jury system; 12.2 Modern-day use of the jury; 12.3 Jury qualifications.; title: 12.4 Selecting a jury12.5 The jury's role in criminal cases; 12.6 Advantages of jury trial; 12.7 Disadvantages of jury trial; 12.8 Special problems with using juries in civil cases; 12.9 Alternatives to jury trial; Chapter 13 Funding of legal services; 13.1 Access to justice; 13.2 The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; 13.3 Government funding in civil cases; 13.4 Problems with funding of civil cases; 13.5 Private funding; 13.6 Conditional fees; 13.7 Advice in civil cases; 13.8 Legal aid in criminal cases; 13.9 Problems with funding of criminal cases; UNIT 2.