Unlocking the English Legal System

Unlocking the English Legal System

Knowledge of the English legal system is the cornerstone to every law degree in England and Wales. Unlocking the English Legal System will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease, providing you with this ... Les mer

Unlocking the English Legal System

Knowledge of the English legal system is the cornerstone to every law degree in England and Wales. Unlocking the English Legal System will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease, providing you with this essential foundation. This third edition is fully up-to-date with the latest developments and includes: discussion of the House of Lords becoming the Supreme Court details of the new tribunal system all recent cases. The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter opens with aims and objectives and contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts, diagrams to aid learning and numerous headings and sub-headings to make the subject manageable. New features include summaries to check your understanding of each chapter, a glossary of legal terminology, essay questions with answer plans and exam questions with guidance on answering. All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so you can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units. Resources supporting this book are available online at www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk. These include: multiple choice questions key questions and answers revision mp3s available for free download interactive glossary and flashcards

1. The sources of law 2. The doctrine of judicial precedent 3. Statutory interpretation 4. Civil courts 5. Criminal courts and procedure 6. Appeals 7. Funding 8. Juries 9. Lay magistrates 10. The legal profession 11. The Judiciary 12. Sentencing Appendix 1 Exercises on judicial precedent and statutory interpretation Appendix 2 Answering questions

Authors Rebecca Huxley-Binns LLB is a Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School. She has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author whose titles include Unlocking Legal Learning. Jacqueline Martin LLM has over ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. She is an experienced author whose titles include Key Facts: The English Legal System and Key Cases: The English Legal System. Series editor Chris Turner LLM is a qualified barrister and a Senior Lecturer in Law at Wolverhampton University. He has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author. Jacqueline Martin and Chris Turner are series editors of the Key Facts and Key Cases series, both published by Hodder Education. Lukk