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Index
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
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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
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Chapter 5 EUROPEAN UNION LAW
5.1 The institutions
5.2 Sources of law
5.3 Effect on sovereignty of Parliament
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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
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Chapter 8 TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES
8.1 Administrative tribunals
8.2 Control of tribunals
8.3 Domestic tribunals
8.4 Inquiries
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Chapter 15 JURIES
15.1 Use of juries
15.2 Jury qualifications
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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
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