How The Law Works

Gary Slapper

ISBN 10: 000722107X / ISBN 13: 9780007221073

Published by Collins 06/08/2007, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How The Law Works
• Publisher: Collins 06/08/2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000722107X
• ISBN 13: 9780007221073
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

A clear, accessible and irreverent guide to how the UK’s legal machine works.

Traditionally, the Law has been shrouded in mystery, and to most of us, it seems impenetrable and hugely complicated. But in today’s world, our need to understand it is rapidly growing. Existing book are either dry, academic, aimed solely at student readerships, esoteric in style, or argumentative for this or that change in the law.

How the Law Works is different. It offers clear, critical and intelligent coverage to enable us to make sense of those things that matter most to us in our day-to-day life, and which are discussed in current affairs.

Anyone who wants to know about Law or who has come up against the legal system in one way or another needs this book.

Contents include:
• Why we need law
• Where the legal system came from
• Judges
• Lawyers
• Criminal Law
• Juries
• Punishment
• Civil Law
• Compensation Culture
• Case Law
• Parliament
• Human Rights Law

About the Author

Gary Slapper is a Professor of Law at the Open University, and this book will become a set text for all law students at the Open University in the UK. Gary has been writing legal articles for The Times for fifteen years and has been a columnist for five years.