English Legal System Q&A 2006-2007 (Questions and Answers) - Softcover

Kelly, David; Slapper, Gary

 
9781845680015: English Legal System Q&A 2006-2007 (Questions and Answers)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1845680014 ISBN 13: 9781845680015
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish, 2006

Synopsis

The latest edition of this very popular book will be of value both to law undergraduates and to students of other subjects required to know about the English legal system as a part of their course. It encourages students to transfer their knowledge into good exam answers by leading them through fifty sample questions, answer plans and answers.

Recent changes in the English legal system are referred to throughout including:

  • the Constitutional Reform Act 2005
  • issues relating to jury trials after the Criminal Justice Act 2003
  • the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
  • the House of Lords decision in (and others) v the Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • the continued development of human rights law
  • the 2005 Court of Appeal decision in Momodou.

Designed to help students produce the best possible exam answers, each chapter opens with an introduction to the subject and a checklist of key topics, while many new questions and answers have been added.

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About the Author

Gary Slapper is Professor of Law, and Director of the Centre for Law, at The Open University, and writes a legal column for The Times.

David Kelly is Principal Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Centre for Critical Legal Studies, at Staffordshire University.

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Publisher
Routledge-Cavendish
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1845680014
ISBN 13 
9781845680015
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
6
Number of pages
330