A long-standing and trusted text containing everything needed for students of the English legal system. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to improve usability and ensure an even closer fit to courses.
Walker and Walker's English Legal System is long established as the standard text in this area, providing the first and last point of reference for students who need a clear understanding of this vital subject.
Contains the essential cases required to study the English Legal System module of an undergraduate llb or GDL/CPE law degree in a format that is convenient and which breaks the key law down into helpful sections.
Intended for students preparing for degree, Bar and Law Society examinations, this volume serves as a reference to most aspects of the English legal system.
The English Legal System
As an illustration, Fitzpatrick has attempted to show, in a Third World context, how the family and its legal order (one semi-autonomous legal field) is profoundly affected by the state ...
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... sometimes at its own instance.83 Falk Moore's ideas have been developed by Peter Fitzpatrick,84 who has emphasized that an ... Fitzpatrick has attempted to show, in a Third World context, how the family and its legal order (one ...
The House of Lords departed from its decision in Anderton v Ryan on the basis that the decision was wrong. Lord Bridge, although recognising the need for certainty in criminal law, felt that it was permissible to depart from the ...
In Customs and Excise Comrs v Top Ten Promotions Ltd [1969] 1 WLR 1163 Lord Upjohn said (at p.1171): [i]t is highly dangerous, if not impossible, to attempt to place an accurate definition on a word in common use; you can look up ...
Guidance on the giving of reasons was provided to judges sitting at first instance by the Court ofAppeal in English vEmery Reimbold & Strick Ltd (Practice Note) [2002] 1 WLR 2409, CA. By s. 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, ...