Full Description
The English Legal System combines comprehensive and thorough coverage of the main topics covered on English legal system courses with a lively and engaging style to capture students' attention and provide them with a firm foundation for their study of law. This book enables students to first understand all the key areas of the English legal system, and then to engage with the subject fully for themselves. The law is not just presented but critiqued, with a range of learning features which encourage students to actively engage with contentious issues and difficult questions. Everyday examples help students to apply their knowledge of the law in a practical way, while questions for reflection help students to analyse, evaluate, and think critically.
Aided by a clear structure, arranged in five parts, students will be able to fully grasp the processes involving in making and reforming the law.
Selling Points
- The authors' clear and lively style makes the subject matter easy to follow
- Comprehensive coverage of the English legal system provides students with knowledge of all the key concepts covered on most courses
- Reflective learning features encourage students to ask questions and think critically about the more controversial aspects of the legal system
- Carefully chosen examples enable students to relate concepts to real-life situations and apply their knowledge
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this Edition
- Comprehensive legal update, including the latest cases, statistics, and relevant legislation
- Updated diversity statistics for judges and practitioners
- Consideration of changes to the way that CILEX are trained
- Discussion on the Post Office scandal
- Introduction of the new intermediate track in civil litigation
- Consideration of the proposed changes to the Office of the Senior President of Tribunals as part of One Judiciary
Digital Formats and Resources
The tenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support. For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
Contents
1: The English legal system
Part I: Sources of Law
2: Domestic sources of law: parliamentary material
3: Domestic sources of law: case law
4: International sources of law
5: Human Rights Act 1998
Part II: The Courts and the Practitioners
6: The structure of the courts
7: The structure of the tribunals
8: The judiciary and their appointment
9: Judicial independence
10: The legal professions
11: Funding access to justice
Part III: The Criminal Justice System
12: The investigation of crime
13: Pre-trial matters
14: Those in court
15: The trials
16: Criminal appeals
Part IV: The Civil Justice System
17: Civil litigation
18: Remedies and appeals
19: Alternative dispute resolution
Part V: The Future
20: The future
