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The Legal System
By
Kate Malleson
Description
* Concise critical analysis of the English legal system makes
this text suitable for use on a wide range of undergraduate law
courses
* Explores the competing themes and underlying tensions facing
the legal system in today\\\'s society, encouraging students to develop
an understanding and awareness of this fundamental subject
* Summary boxes at the beginning of each chapter help students to
assess the key learning outcomes quickly and easily, which will aid
initial learning as well as revision
* Self-test questions, further reading lists, and useful website
links encourage students to test their progress, and to take their
studies to a deeper level
* The new page layout, fresh new cover design, and larger format
make the book easier to use and navigate through
The Legal System provides an overview of the institutions, personnel,
and procedures that make up the legal system in England and Wales.
Recent changes are explained and critically evaluated, and the text
explores a number of key competing themes and underlying tensions
which run through the legal system. These are identified in the first
chapter and then illustrated through concise commentary and practical
examples in the following substantive chapters.
Brief chapter summaries enable students to assess the key points of
study quickly and easily. while self-test questions allow students to
test their understanding at every stage. Further reading lists and
useful web links point the way for further study. These features
combine with the author\\\'s concise and thought-provoking commentary to
offer an ideal introduction to the study of the legal system.
Readership: Undergraduates studying the English legal system
as part of their degree programme.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The organization of the courts
3. Sources of law
4. The Human Rights Act 1998
5. The legislative process
6. Statutory interpretation
7. Case law, precedent and judicial law-making
8. The civil justice process
9. The Woolf reforms to civil justice
10. Recent trends in the criminal justice system
11. Police powers
12. The prosecution process
13. The trial process
14. Criminal appeals and the post-appeal process
15. The provision of legal services
16. The structure and functions of the judiciary
17. Judicial appointments
18. Lay adjudication
19. Funding of legal services
Authors,
editors, and contributors
Kate Malleson, Professor of Law, Queen Mary, University of
London
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