The English Legal System

Trade Paperback. Slight crease to corner back cover. Contents: preface. Acknowlegments. Table of Cases. Table of Statutes. Table of Staturoy Instrument. Table of EC Legislation. Table of Abbreviations. Law and legal Study - Introduction. The Nature of Law. Catergories of Law. The Separation of Powers. The Rule of Law. Human Rights Discourse and the Rule of Law. The Human Rights Act 1998. Sources of Law - European Community. Legislation. Casre Law. Books of Authority. Custom. Law Reform. The Civil Structure - The Court Service. Magistrates' Courts. County Courts. The High Court of Justice. Appeals From the High Cout. The Court of Appeal (Civil Division). The Access to Justice Act 1999-Reforms to the Appeal Process. The House of Lords. The European Court of Justice. The European Court of Human Rights. Judicial Committee of the privy Council. Civil Court Fees. The Criminal Court Structure - Coroners' Courts. The Criminal Trial Courts. Magistrates' Courts. The Crown Court. Criminal Appeals. A Miscarriage of Justice. Reform of the Criminal Courts. Judicial reasoning - Introduction. Reasoning in General. Judicial Reasoning. Statutory Interpretation. Legal Reasoning and the Possibility of Rape Within Marriage: A Case Study. Legal reasoning and Rhetoric. The Judiciary - The Constitutional Role of the Judiciary. Judicial Offices. Appointment of Judiciary. Training of the Judiciary. Retirement of Judges. Removal of Judges. Judicial Immunity From Suit. Magistrates. Politics and the Judiciary. Judicial Review. Politics of the Judiciay. The Civil Process - The 1999 Woolf Reforms: An overview. The Cost of Litigation: The Pre 1999 Problems. Information and Communications Techonology (ICT) and the Law. The New Civil Process. Proceedings: The CPR Part 7 Claim. The Small Claims Track (CPR Part 27). The Fast Track (CPR Part 28). The Multi-Track (CPR Part 29). Public and private Hearings (CPR Part 30). Case-Management Conferences. pre-Trial Reviews. Stays For Settlement (CPR Part 26) and Settlements (part 36). Witness Statements. Court Fees. Experts (CPR Part 35). Costs. What Has the New System Achieved? Appeals. The Division of Work between the High Court and County Courts After the Woolf Reforms. Do We Need Two Sorts of Court After Woolf? Remedies. Arbitration, Tribunal Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution - Introduction. Arbitration. Administrative Tribunals. Ombudsman. Mediation and Conciliation. The Criminal Process: (1) The Investigation of crime - General Introduction to the Criminal Process. Mistrust of the System. Arrest. Entry, Search and Seizure. Interrogation, Confession and Admissibility of Evidence. The Criminal Process: (2) The Prosecution - The Crown Prosecution Service. Bail. Plea Bargaining. The Jury. The Role of the Jury. The Selection of the Jury. The Decline of the Jury Trial. The Runciman Commission. Legal Services - Introductiom. The Legal profession. Solicitors. Barristers. Professional Etiquette. Fusion. The Courts and legal Services Act 1990. The Effects of the CLSA 1990. The Funding of Legal Services - Introduction, The Access to Justice Act 1999. Overview of the Act. Unmet Legal Need. Conditional Fee Arrangements. The European Context - Introduction Sources of European Community Law. The Institutions of the European Union. The European Court of Human Rights. The Eriopean Convention and the European Union. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index. 650 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…