Widely regarded as the leading work on this subject. Provides a lucid and wide #ranging account of the English Legal System covering the institutions, personnel and procedures, and the handling of case law and statutes. The text is accompanied by sample court forms, tables of essential statistics and flow charts illustrating the court structures
Smith, Bailey & Gunn on The Modern English Legal System
Courts, Personnel and Sources of Law; Introduction; Courts and Tribunals; Lawyers; Judges; Legislation; Statutory Interpretation; Judicial Precedent; The Human Rights Act 1998; Solving Legal Problems; Problems about Problems; Information and Advice Services; Pre-Trial Procedure; Features of Litigation and other methods of Dispute Resolution; Pre-Trial Civil Procedure; Pre-Hearing: Tribunals; Pre-Trial Criminal Procedure; The Hearing; The Civil Trial; The Tribunal Hearing; The Criminal Trial; Appeals and Judicial Review.