British legal system

Author: Xu Nina
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features:
New Britannica Legal Pocket Guide
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to several key aspects of the British legal system, including the sources of English law, the legal profession, the court system, criminal procedure, civil procedure, tribunals, investigation and arbitration, jury system, and legal aid. With concise and clear text, supplemented by easy-to-understand tables and flowcharts, it describes the current state and historical evolution of the British legal system, offering a thorough and objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of various systems. It presents a complete picture of a traditional yet modern British legal system to readers.
What is particularly valuable is that, as a revision of the 1999 edition, it includes the new changes in the British legal system from 1999 to 2001. It uses various new data, cases, and reports to illustrate the development trends of the British legal system to readers.