Darbyshire on the English legal system

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Penny Darbyshire
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2005
Type: Book
Other titles: English legal system
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Short Description

Xliii, 594 pages : ILlustrations ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Darbyshire on the English legal system is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Responsable Person: Penny Darbyshire.
Publication Date: 2005
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 21 editions
First edition Date: 2005
Last edition Date: 2014
General Notes: Previous edition: published as Eddey & Darbyshire on the English legal system. 2001.
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KD7325
Dewey Code: 349.42
ISBN: 0421901500 9780421901506
OCLC: 60418135

Main Contents

1. Understanding the English legal system
Sources of English law
3. Community law: its impac on English law and the English courts
4. The European Convention on Human Rights and English law
5. Law reform and the changing legal system
6. Civil courts
7. Criminal courts
8. History
9. Civil procedure
10. Criminal procedure
11. The adversarial process
12. Alternatives to the civil courts: institutions and procedures
13. The legal profession
14. Judges
15. Laypeople in the law
16. The jury
17. Legal services from 2000.

Summary Note

Provides a concise and highly readable introduction to the contemporary legal system of England and Wales Supplies an engaging, thought-provoking and entertaining approach to this area of law

Darbyshire on the English legal system

Darbyshire on the English legal system