Unlocking The English Legal System
3rd Edition
By Rebecca Huxley-Binns, Jacqueline Martin
Published March 26th 2010 by Routledge – 368 pages
Series: Unlocking the Law
Description
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:
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:
Reviews
'Unlocking the English Legal System [is] absolutely first class… [and] essential reading.'
Andrew O'Hagan, Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University, UK
'It is a … book which covers such a wide range of topics - not many standard legal system texts cover the legal profession, funding and sentencing. I was also very impressed with the quality of writing, selection of materials and presentation. A great deal of effort has clearly been made in order to provide an interesting narrative to the development of specific areas of law, and excellent use is made of relevant authority throughout…. This book successfully punches above its weight.'
Jeremy Marshall, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool
'It is so simple and easy to understand. I am indeed very grateful for this title and the others in the Unlocking series.'
Mahentee Boolakee, LLB Law Student, University of London
Contents
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
Author Bio
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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