Darbyshire on the English legal system
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Darbyshire on the English legal system
Sweet & Maxwell, 2008
9th ed
- : pbk
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Note
Previous ed.: 2005
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Darbyshire on the English Legal System, now moving into its ninth edition will continue to provide a clear and highly readable introduction to the legal system of England and Wales. The author draws on her considerable experience to provide an engaging, thought-provoking and sometimes entertaining approach to this area of law, making it an ideal undergraduate text. Darbyshire on the English Legal System is essential reading for undergraduate students of law, those studying law at A2 or AS Levels, as well as students on non-vocational courses.
Table of Contents
- Part I: Sources: Understanding the English Legal System
- Sources of English Law
- E.C. Law Its Impact on English Law and the English Courts
- The European Convention on Human Rights and English Law
- Law Reform and the Changing Legal System
- Part II: Institutions: Civil Courts
- Criminal Courts
- History
- Part III: Procedures: Civil procedure
- Criminal Procedure
- The Adversarial Process
- Alternatives to the Civil Courts: Institutions and Procedures
- Part IV: The Legal Profession
- Judges
- Part V: Laypeople in the Law
- Magistrates
- The Jury
- Part VI: Access to Justice
- Legal service from 2000
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