English Legal System

The Fundamentals
3. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-414-03314-6
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten

Presents a clear and detailed explanation of the English Legal System, with special features to aid students’ comprehension and understanding, providing an excellent grounding in the subject and solid basis for the onward study of law.

Uses charts, grids and diagrams to provide clear and accessible analysis of the fundamentals of the English legal system
• Focuses on the main areas of the English Legal System, covering areas such as, what is the law, sources of law, how the law is used, the civil and criminal court systems, ADR, legal personnel, the judiciary, juries, funding, sentencing, and appeals
• Uses charts, grids and diagrams to enable students to grasp complex legal principles with ease and aid retention of information
• Helps learning with clear language and bite-size chunks of text
• Assumes no level of prior knowledge of the subject – allowing the book to be used for those new to the subject and for distance learning courses

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boylan- Kemp, Jo

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction to the English Legal System
Chapter 2: Judicial Reasoning
Chapter 3: How to find the law and use it
Chapter 4: The Legal Profession
Chapter 5: Magistrates
Chapter 6: The Judiciary
Chapter 7: Juries
Chapter 8: The Civil Justice System
Chapter 9: The Criminal Justice System
Chapter 10: Funding
Chapter 11: Sentencing
Chapter 12: Appeals
Chapter 13: Self-test Answers