Unlocking The English Legal System

Author:   Rebecca Huxley-Binns ,  Jacqueline Martin ,  Chris Turner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   3rd New edition
ISBN:  

9781444109191


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   26 March 2010
Replaced By:   9781444174236
Format:   Paperback
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Unlocking The English Legal System


Overview

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

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Author:   Rebecca Huxley-Binns ,  Jacqueline Martin ,  Chris Turner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Philip Allan Updates
Edition:   3rd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 26.40cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9781444109191


ISBN 10:   1444109197
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   26 March 2010
Audience:   Adult education ,  College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9781444174236
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

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

Reviews

'Unlocking the English Legal System [is] absolutely first class... [and] essential reading.' -- Andrew O'Hagan, Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University, UK 20111112


Author Information

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.

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