ABSTRACT

Key Facts Key Cases: English Legal System will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your English Legal System module with ease. This book explains in concise and straightforward terms:

• Discussion of the courts system, both civil and criminal;
• Details of the tribunal system
• The doctrine of precedent
• Statutory interpretation
• Personnel in the legal system, both professional and lay


Key Facts Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB, postgraduate and conversion courses and professional courses such as ILEX. The series provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes:

  • diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points
  • structured headings and numbered points to allow for clear recall of the essential points
  • charts and tables to break down more complex information

Where relevant, chapters also contain a Key Cases section which provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and memorise essential cases needed for exam success.

  • Essential and leading cases are explained
  • The style, layout and explanations are user friendly 
  • Cases are broken down into key components by use of a clear system of symbols for quick and easy visual recognition

chapter 1|6 pages

What is law?

chapter 2|29 pages

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chapter 3|12 pages

Legislation

chapter 4|23 pages

Statutory interpretation

chapter 5|12 pages

European Union law

chapter 6|4 pages

Law reform

chapter 7|16 pages

The civil justice system

chapter 8|6 pages

Tribunals and inquiries

chapter 9|17 pages

Police powers

chapter 10|10 pages

The Criminal Process and Courts

chapter 11|9 pages

Sentencing

chapter 12|9 pages

The legal profession

chapter 13|9 pages

The Judiciary

chapter 14|7 pages

Lay magistrates

chapter 15|20 pages

Juries

chapter 16|5 pages

Legal services and funding