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The Legal System provides a concise and up-to-date review of the institutions, personnel and procedures that make up the legal system in England and Wales. Current changes are explained and critically evaluated.

Using practical examples, the book analyses recent and ongoing developments by identifying a number of key themes and tensions underlying the legal system today.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 The organization of the courts 15

3 Sources of law 28

4 The Human Rights Act 1998 35

5 The legislative process 50

6 Statutory interpretation 59

7 Case law, precedent, and judicial law-making 68

8 The civil justice process 79

9 The Woolf reforms to civil justice 95

10 Recent trends in the criminal justice system 108

11 Police powers 122

12 The prosecution process 142

13 The trial process 152

14 Criminal appeals and the post-appeal process 166

15 The provision of legal services 180

16 The structure and functions of the judiciary 198

17 Judicial appointments 211

18 Lay adjudication 225

19 Funding of legal services 238

Index 253

288 pages, Paperback