Law and legal study --;Rule of law and human rights --;Sources of law --;The civil courts --;The civil process --;The criminal courts --;The criminal process : the investigation of crime --;The criminal process : the prosecution --;The judiciary --;Judicial reasoning and politics --;The jury --;Arbitration, tribunal adjudication and alternative dispute resolution --;Legal services --;The funding of legal services --;The European context.
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Explains and critically assesses how our law is made and applied. Annually updated, this textbook describes the legal rules of England and Wales and their collective influence as a sociocultural institution. It also provides material on topics such as the new Supreme Court; the criminal justice system; and, human rights and European law.