Introduction to the English Legal System

2. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926057-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten

This updated edition of 'Introduction to the English Legal System' by Martin Partington offers a concise foundation for all those new to law. It is designed to stimulate discussion of the purposes, the making and practice of law and asks, is the English legal system fit for purpose in the modern world?

This is the new edition of Introduction to the English Legal System by Martin Partington. Written in an engaging style that avoids unnecessary legal jargon, this text offers the A/AS level student, the new law undergraduate and postgraduates taking the CP

1. KNOWLEDGE, THEMES AND STRUCTURE; 2. LAW AND SOCIETY: THE PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS OF LAW; 3. Law-Making: Authority and Process; 4. SHAPING THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT; 5. The Criminal Justice System; 6. The Administrative Justice System; 7. The Family Justice System; 8. The Civil and Commercial Justice Systems; 9. DELIVERING LEGAL SERVICES: PRACTITIONERS, ADJUDICATORS AND JURISTS; 10. The Funding of Legal Services; 11. IS THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM FIT FOR ITS PURPOSE?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Partington, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Über Autor(innen)

(Law Commissioner for England and Wales)