The Legal system. /
Kate Malleson.
- 3rd ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- xviii, 260 p. : 24 cm.
- Core text series .
- Butterworths core text series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Organization of the courts -- Sources of law -- The Human Rights Act 1998 -- The Legislative process -- Statutory interpretation -- Case law, precedent, and judicial law-making -- The Civil justice process -- The Woolf reforms to civil justice -- Recent trends in the criminal justice system -- Police powers -- The Prosecution process -- The Trial process -- Criminal appeals and the post-appeal process -- The Provision of legal services -- The Structure and functions of the judiciary -- Judicial appointments -- Lay adjudication -- Funding of legal services.