The English legal system
By: Alisdair A. Gillespie.
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9780199556625
Subjects: Law -- England; Law -- Wales
Description: 'The English Legal System' provides a lively and approachable introduction for those new to the study of law. It presents the main areas of the English legal system and invites students to critique the wider aspects of how law is made and reformed.
Table of contents: title: The English legal system; title: Domestic sources of law : parliamentary material; title: Domestic sources of law : case law; title: International sources of law; title: Human rights Act 1998; title: The courts; title: Judges and judicial independence; title: The legal professions; title: Funding legal services; title: Preliminary matters; title: Summary trials; title: Trials on indictment; title: Criminal appeals; title: Civil litigation; title: Tribunals; title: Alternative dispute resolution; title: The future.