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• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• TABLE OF CASES
• Chapter 1 WHAT IS LAW?
• 1.1 The nature of law
• 1.2 Classification of law
• 1.3 Distinctions between civil and criminal law
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 2 JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
• 2.1 The doctrine of precedent
• 2.2 Hierarchy of the courts
• 2.3 The House of Lords and the Practice Statement
• 2.4 The Supreme Court
• 2.5 The position of the Court of Appeal
• 2.6 Ratio and obiter
• 2.7 Distinguishing
• 2.8 Advantages and disadvantages of precedent
• 2.9 Judicial law- making in precedent
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 3 LEGISLATION
• 3.1 Acts of Parliament
• 3.2 The process in Parliament
• 3.3 Advantages of statute law over case law
• 3.4 Parliamentary sovereignty
• 3.5 Delegated legislation
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 4 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
• 4.1 Need for statutory interpretation
• 4.2 Approaches to statutory interpretation
• 4.3 Results of interpretation
• 4.4 The purposive approach
• 4.5 Intrinsic aids
• 4.6 Extrinsic aids
• 4.7 Rules of language
• 4.8 Presumptions
• 4.9 The European approach
• 4.10 The effect of the Human Rights Act 1998
• 4.11 The judicial role in interpretation
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 5 EUROPEAN UNION LAW
• 5.1 The institutions
• 5.2 Sources of law
• 5.3 Effect on sovereignty of Parliament
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 6 LAW REFORM
• 6.1 The need for law reform
• 6.2 Law Commission
• 6.3 Other law reform bodies
• Chapter 7 THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM
• 7.1 The court structure
• 7.2 Procedure in outline
• 7.3 Encouraging ADR
• 7.4 Appeals
• 7.5 Comment on the post-Woolf civil system
• 7.6 Alternative dispute resolution
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 8 TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES
• 8.1 Administrative tribunals
• 8.2 Control of tribunals
• 8.3 Domestic tribunals
• 8.4 Inquiries
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 9 POLICE POWERS
• 9.1 Stop and search
• 9.2 Searching premises
• 9.3 Powers of arrest
• 9.4 Detention at the police station
• 9.5 Complaints against the police
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 10 THE CRIMINAL PROCESS AND COURTS
• 10.1 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• 10.2 Bail
• 10.3 Classification of offences
• 10.4 Magistrates’ Court
• 10.5 Appeals from the Magistrates’ Court
• 10.6 The Crown Court
• 10.7 Appeals from the Crown Court
• 10.8 Miscarriages of justice
• Key Materials
• Chapter 11 SENTENCING
• 11.1 Aims of sentencing
• 11.2 Types of sentences
• 11.3 Other powers of the court
• 11.4 Additional powers in respect of young offenders (10–17)
• 11.5 Mentally ill offenders
• 11.6 Other factors in sentencing
• Chapter 12 THE LEGAL PROFESSION
• 12.1 Solicitors
• 12.2 Barristers
• 12.3 Queen’s Counsel
• 12.4 Para-legals
• 12.5 Regulation of the legal professions
• 12.6 Legal Services Act 2007
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 13 THE JUDICIARY
• 13.1 Appointment
• 13.2 Training
• 13.3 Removal
• 13.4 Independence of the Judiciary
• 13.5 The Lord Chancellor’s role
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 14 LAY MAGISTRATES
• 14.1 Qualifications
• 14.2 Appointment
• 14.3 Composition of the Bench
• 14.4 Training
• 14.5 Retirement and removal
• 14.6 Role
• 14.7 Advantages
• 14.8 Disadvantages
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 15 JURIES
• 15.1 Use of juries
• 15.2 Jury qualifications
• Key Cases Checklist
• Chapter 16 LEGAL SERVICES AND FUNDING
• 16.1 Public funding for civil cases
• 16.2 Private funding for civil cases
• 16.3 Advice agencies
• 16.4 Legal aid in criminal cases
• INDEX