The legal system /
Kate Malleson.
- 3a ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- xviii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.
- Core text series .
- Butterworths core text series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The organisation 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.