1. Law and Legal Study 2. The Rule of Law and Human Rights 3. Sources of Law: Legislation 4. Sources of Law: Case Law 5. Sources of Law: The European Context 6. The Civil Courts 7. The Civil Process 8. Family Law and Courts 9. The Criminal Courts 10. The Criminal Process: (1) The Investigation of Crime 11. The Criminal Process: (2) The Prosecution 12. The Judiciary 13. Judicial Reasoning and Politics 14. The Jury 15. Arbitration, Tribunal Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution 16. Legal Services 17. The Funding of Legal Services

This volume explains and critically assesses how our law is made and applied. Trusted by generations of academics and students, this authoritative textbook clearly describes the legal rules of England and Wales and their collective influence as a sociocultural institution. (Source: WordlCat)