Fully updated to incorporate all developments in the law since the last edition, this student text places emphasis on an understanding of the law and the legal system as living institutions within society. It also deals with how an appreciation of the rules and legal structures both reflect and influence changes in social, economic and political life.
Table of contents:
1. Law and society; 2. Law and morality; 3. Law and the regulation of economic activity; 4. Some important legal concepts; 5. Law and property; 6. Law and the settlement of disputes; 7. The making of legal rules; 8. The European dimension of English law; 9. Liability in English law - the law of tort; 10. Liability in English law - crime and the criminal justice system; 11. The development and role of the contract; 12. Law and government; 13. The legal profession; 14. The judges.
This student text places emphasis on an understanding of the law and the legal system as living institutions within society. It also deals with how an appreciation of the rules and legal structures both reflect and influence changes in social, economic and political life.
Fully updated understanding of the law and the legal system as living institutions within society.
Table of contents:
1. Law and society; 2. Law and morality; 3. Law and the regulation of economic activity; 4. Some important legal concepts; 5. Law and property; 6. Law and the settlement of disputes; 7. The making of legal rules; 8. The European dimension of English law; 9. Liability in English law - the law of tort; 10. Liability in English law - crime and the criminal justice system; 11. The development and role of the contract; 12. Law and government; 13. The legal profession; 14. The judges.
This student text places emphasis on an understanding of the law and the legal system as living institutions within society. It also deals with how an appreciation of the rules and legal structures both reflect and influence changes in social, economic and political life.
Fully updated understanding of the law and the legal system as living institutions within society.