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Book SynopsisA New Introduction to Legal Method provides a comprehensive overview of legal science and the scientific character of legal knowledge. In five chapters, the book analyses and explores: (i) legal methodology in general, the main features of different schools of thought, and the nature of science in general; (ii) American realism, which offers an ideal starting point for law students to reflect on the material they are about to study critically; (iii) rationalism, empiricism, and logical positivism, in particular the work of Karl Popper; (iv) criticisms of essentialism; (v) the ideological and philosophical background of contemporary liberal interpretation. The inclusion of Dutch, French, and German literature sources makes this law title differ from previous writings on legal science. This textbook is ideal for students of legal method, and will be of great interest to those studying legal science, jurisprudence, legal research,and legal skills.Trade Review"The content of the book addresses core issues. The book is extensively researched and the content reflects the depth of research." Olayinka Lewis, University of Essex "This introduction to legal method by Professors Cliteur and Ellian is unique. Its refreshing and rare historical and philosophical scope, its lucidity and rigour, and the sheer stimulating power of its open-ended questions and engaging style make this book the ideal text for any legal methods course." Mark Somos, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law"This is one of the best introductions to legal method. It is written in an accessible style, has a clear point of view and is therefore well recommended." Rumy Hasan, University of Sussex Business SchoolTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Is legal science a real science? 2 American Realism 3 Rationalism, empiricism, and logical positivism 4 Popper’s Critique of Essentialism and the Scientific Outlook 5 Three types of legal interpretation

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Book SynopsisTomorrow's Lawyers predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the legal world and offers essential practical advice for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law. A definitive guide to the future for aspiring lawyers, and all who want to modernize today's legal and justice systems.Trade ReviewA must-read for lawyers, those considering a career in the legal industry, and anyone interested in the changing legal function. Unlike most other legal industry scribes, Susskind holistically and deftly weaves together the disparate threads of the legal mosaic that will collectively transform the legal function as we know it. * Forbes *Far and away the best analyst and predictor of the evolution of the legal marketplace is Richard Susskind. * American Bar Association Journal *Already established as a classic, this book should be required reading for all law students and their teachers. It needs to be if law schools take seriously our role as stewards of the rule of law. Susskind is serious, smart and a passionately systematic thinker. * Patricia D White, Chair, ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Education, Professor of Law and Dean Emerita, University of Miami School of Law *Susskind issues a rallying cry to the legal profession to release untapped potential, painting a compelling picture of a new legal landscape that is already emerging. On the topic of the future of lawyers, no one is more thoughtful, more client-centred or more passionate. * Wim Dejonghe, Senior Partner, Allen & Overy *As a reader, Tomorrow's Lawyers made a lasting impact, evoking thoughtful reflection on the transformative power of technology in the legal field. * Charis Tan, Marcus Liew, ICC Bulletin. *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: Radical Changes in the Legal Market 1: Three Drivers of Change 2: Impact of the Pandemic 3: Strategies for Success 4: Commoditizing the Law 5: Working Differently 6: Disruptive Legal Technologies 7: The Grid PART TWO: The New Landscape 8: The Future for Law Firms 9: The Role of In-House Lawyers 10: Lawtech Startups 11: The Timing of the Changes 12: Access to Justice and Online Legal Services 13: Judges, Courts, and Technology 14: Online Courts and Online Dispute Resolution 15: The Future of Law, Revisited PART THREE: Prospects for Young Lawyers 16: New Jobs for Lawyers 17: Who Will Employ Tomorrow s Lawyers? 18: Training Lawyers for What? 19: Replacing the Old Training Ground 20: Questions to Ask Employers 21: Innovation 22: Artificial Intelligence and the Long Term Further Reading

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Book SynopsisAn anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.The Sunday Times number one bestseller.Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.You may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial.I’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free.In The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late.A Sunday Times top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – Observer‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ – Daily MailTrade ReviewBy turns eye-opening, damning and hilarious, the secret barrister lifts the lid on a legal system where the system, the politicians, the lack of funding and sometimes the judges are the real villains and the victims are all of us -- Tim Shipman, author of Fall Out and All Out WarDishes the dirt — or serves up a slice of reality — on what barristers do * The Times *The Secret Barrister can write...everyone who has any interest in public life should read it...this is a book of some brilliance, clearly explained, cogently argued * Daily Mail *What’s so powerful about The Secret Barrister is its ability to connect the dots...revealing a picture that is more a commentary on society as a whole than it is on robing rooms full of horsehair wigs -- Afua Hirsch * Guardian *Takes the reader deep into the bowels of the criminal justice system...the message of this entertaining book is delivered with great skill...the book is at once a lament and a celebration...the justice system as not just for criminals and victims but for all of us - it is the symbol of our nation's humanity * The Times *Funny, frightening, frequently infuriating but above all profoundly human. As a sensitive and knowledgeable storyteller, the Secret Barrister does for lawyers what James Herriot did for vets -- James O'BrienTerrifying and occasionally hilarious... this is an eye-opening, if depressing, account of the practice of law today. Perhaps there is hope, but the author leaves us in no doubt that urgent reform is needed * The Observer *This excellent book will hopefully raise awareness of what has been, until now, a silent crisis. It is at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails * Daily Telegraph *Funny, angry, mordant, social satire, reform manifesto – The Secret Barrister offers them all in this legal tour de force. Told through often heart-rending stories of victims and victors in a game of legal roulette, a quest for decency and proper standards of legal service shines through the bleakness. If the Secret Barrister has her or his way, it might happen a bit more often. Read this book, hope and pray -- Andrew AdonisIts stories of how the law often fails those whom it is meant to protect – how do barristers feel when someone they believe to be innocent gets banged up for five years? – make for gripping reading. -- John Crace * The Guardian *Fluently and engagingly written...a copy of this book should be placed on the desk of every judge, every trainee lawyer, every would-be lawyer, every politician, and every minister responsible for the legal system * The Literary Review *Stories of The Law and How It's Broken is mordantly clear, chillingly well-observed and terrifyingly funny. I have rarely read a book that filled me with greater fury. Read this, give it to friends, share the Secret Barrister's testimony with strangers - it's a rare and righteous thing -- A.L.Kennedy, Booker-listed author of Serious SweetAn illuminating and timely insight into the legal system, transforming arcane practice into accessible and fascinating anecdote * Sunday Express *An expert and eloquent account of much that has gone wrong with our criminal law procedures: this book is accurate, informative and sensibly points the way to pragmatic reforms -- Geoffrey Robertson QC, author of The Justice GameI suggest that the Leader of the House and all members of the Government read the book by the Secret Barrister * Valerie Vaz, MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons *Behold, the book that got me through jury service! A timely and accessible look at today's UK court system, this is a no nonsense explainer on how things work, very much don't work, and how we got here. Who knew that educating yourself about, for example, the history of magistrates, could be so much fun? -- Alexandra Heminsley, The PoolWickedly funny and deadly serious, this brilliant book is an essential read for anyone who cares about justice, fairness and equality before the law. If you felt these things were safe, the Secret Barrister will leave you stunned and aghast at a criminal justice system absolutely broken by cuts across the board, frequently dishing out a travesty of justice. Impassioned, searing and utterly compelling -- Rachel Clarke, author of Your Life in My HandsA brilliant but deeply disturbing book. Using the legal cases of real people, it shows how our criminal justice system is so broken, the innocent end up behind bars while the guilty walk free -- Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion and Co-leader of the Green PartyPowerful points are expressed in a funny but penetrating way: the barrister weaves personal experience with his or her most memorable cases and clients...after you’ve chuckled to yourself, it forces you to reflect on its real meaning * Prospect Magazine *I've read an absolutely amazing, gripping book by The Secret Barrister...it's a bestselling book which is spread, I think, by word of mouth, about their experiences as a criminal barrister...I found it incredibly informative, a must read -- Ed Miliband, Reasons to be Cheerful podcastThe blogger's much-anticipated book is a rallying cry against short sighted governments and an apathetic public...With clarity and eloquence the dozen angry, passionate, frustrated chapters shout their unanimous and damning verdict on a system “close to breaking point”...the book certainly deserves a wider audience * The Brief, The Times *Essential reading for those in, and outside, the law * The Criminal Bar Association *One of the legal blogosphere's hottest properties * The Times on The Secret Barrister Blog *Completely riveting . . . it reveals the good and bad in human beings * The Bookseller - One to Watch *Indispensable * Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times - on The Secret Barrister Blog *Table of ContentsIntroduction - i: Introduction: My Opening Speech Chapter - 1: Welcome to the Criminal Courtroom Chapter - 2: The Wild West: The Magistrates’ Court Chapter - 3: Imprisoning the Innocent: Remand and Bail Chapter - 4: Watching the Guilty Walk Free: Prosecuting on the Cheap Chapter - 5: The Devil’s Greatest Trick: Putting the Victim First Chapter - 6: Defenceless and Indefensible Chapter - 7: Legal Aid Myths and the Innocence Tax Chapter - 8: Trial on Trial: Part I – The Case Against Chapter - 9: Trial on Trial: Part II – The Case for the Defence Chapter - 10: The Big Sentencing Con Chapter - 11: The Courage of Our Convictions: Appeal Chapter - 12: My Closing Speech

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Book SynopsisWho rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end, advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C., to adopt a more judicial attitude, returned in the tender gloaming of each evening-via Pommeroy's and a glass of Chateau Fleet Street- to She Who Must Be Obeyed? The answer is Horace Rumpole whose legal triumphs, plundering stories into the Oxford Book of English Verse and less-than-salubrious hat are celebrated here in this first omnibus edition.

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Book SynopsisThe outsider who transformed our justice systemNazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice. As a Chief Prosecutor, it was his job to make sure the most complex, violent and harrowing crimes made it to court, and that their perpetrators were convicted. From the Rochdale sex ring to the earliest prosecutions for honour killing and modern slavery, Nazir was at the forefront of the British legal system for decades.But his story begins in Birmingham, in the sixties, as a young boy facing racist violence and the tragic death of a young family member - and it's this that sets him on the path to his groundbreaking career, and which enables him to help communities that the conventional justice system ignores, giving a voice to the voiceless.A memoir of struggle and survival as well as crime and punishment, The Prosecutor is both a searing insight into the justice system and a powerful story of one man's pursuit of the truth.Trade ReviewCompelling... his great triumph is in helping to change our justice system so that it can deliver for those who were once overlooked * Sunday Times *Forensically intelligent * The Times *The true face of British justice * New York Times *Afzal is not one to shy away from the failures of the state * New Statesman *Nazir has devoted his life to helping the underdog, the downtrodden victims of crime, and securing justice against all the odds. * The Sun *

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Book SynopsisAs one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law School when she enrolled in 1956 and one of only four female Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is frequently viewed as a feminist trailblazer and an icon for civil rights. Ginsburg has always been known as a prolific writer and speaker. Now, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world’s most influential women by collecting 300 of Ginsburg’s most insightful quotes. Meticulously curated from interviews, speeches, court opinions, dissents, and other sources, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words creates a comprehensive picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her wisdom, and her legacy.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part I: The Law The Law and Constitution Lawyers, Judges, and the Practice of Law The Supreme Court Women and the Law Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me American Rights and Values Equal Justice under the Law The History of the Women’s Rights Movement The Rights of Women Part III: A Life of Her Own Memories of a Long Life Friends, Family, and Other Influences Life Lessons Milestones

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Book SynopsisBecome the "go to" paralegal at your firm as you prepare for a career in law with Putman/Albright's popular LEGAL RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND WRITING, 5E. This reader-friendly, step-by-step approach shows you how to conduct reliable digital and traditional legal research, analyze the results and write clear memoranda and other legal documents that are well supported. Each chapter begins with an interesting hypothetical scenario and ends by showing you how the chapter's concepts apply to the scenario. You walk through the legal process as chapters discuss key facts and issue spotting, analysis and counter-analysis, research, secondary sources, citations and writing strong legal briefs and memoranda. Updates show you trusted sources for digital research, while the latest examples, Practice Alerts learning features and optional Cengage Infuse digital resources help you refine skills to stand out as a legal professional in today's tech-driven, competitive job market.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL PRINCIPLES, AND THE LEGAL PROCESS. 1. Introduction to Legal Principles and Authorities. 2. Introduction to Legal Research and Analysis. PART II: LEGAL RESEARCH. 3. Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules���Research and Analysis. 4. Case Law���Research and Briefing. 5. Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources���Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests, Shepard's. 6. Secondary Authority���Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative History, and Other Secondary Authorities. 7. Computers and Internet Legal Research. 8. Commercial Internet Research. PART III: THE SPECIFICS OF LEGAL ANALYSIS. 9. Legal Analysis���Key Facts. 10. Legal Analysis���Issue Identification (Spotting the Issue). 11. Legal Analysis���Stating the Issue. 12. Case Law Analysis���Is a Case on Point? 13. Counteranalysis. PART IV: LEGAL WRITING. 14. Fundamentals of Writing. 15. The Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing. 16. Office Legal Memorandum: Issues and Facts. 17. Office Legal Memorandum: Analysis to Conclusion. 18. External Memoranda: Court Briefs. 19. Correspondence. Appendix A: Court Opinions Referred to in the Text. Appendix B: Appellate Court Brief. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn-house lawyers need and want to develop their professional and management skills. But unlike lawyers practising in law firms, there may not be dedicated resources designed to support them. It will often be a case of DIY. Managing and Developing Your Career as an In-house Lawyer by Ian White and Simon McCall is a companion to their report Your Role as General Counsel: How to Survive and Thrive in Your Role as GC. It seeks to provide practical ideas and tips on how a busy in-house lawyer can actively manage their own development. The aim is to help them perform more effectively in their current role and also prepare them for promotion or a move elsewhere. It covers: Taking responsibility for your own development; Being a businessperson as well as a lawyer; Doing an MBA – or recreating the MBA experience by learning from other people in the business; Moving into a leadership role; Honing key personal skills – delegating, giving feedback, listening, motivating; Becoming a coach or mentor to your team; Developing your career beyond the GC role – within or outside your organisation; and Taking on a non-executive director role. This Special Report is essential reading for any in-house lawyer wanting to continue learning and developing and enhance their career prospects. It is relevant for recently appointed in-house lawyers all the way up to more established GCs.Table of ContentsI. Introduction 5 1. How it all came about 5 2. Who has this Special Report been written for? 5 3. Why you need this Special Report 6 4. How this Special Report is set out 7 5. A way of looking at development 9 II. Moving in-house 11 1. Why? And is it for you? 11 2. What makes working in-house different? 12 3. No longer a one-way street 14 III. Learning about other functions – business and management skills 15 1. What skills are needed and where can you acquire them? 15 IV. Skills for the in-house lawyer 19 1. Developing your team 19 2. Moving upwards 32 V. The lawyer as coach and mentor 35 1. Coaching 35 2. Mentoring 42 VI. Developing your career away from law (but in a legal environment) 45 1. What does the new organisation need from you? 45 2. What will you be doing? 46 3. Conclusion 48 VII. Developing your career in-house (but not as a lawyer) 49 1. Getting to be GC or a similar role 49 2. The options when you become GC or a senior lawyer 50 VIII.Developing your career after law 59 1. The importance of managing your career life 59 2. One reason to develop a post-law career: you may be working at 103! 60 3. Or is it just luck? 62 4. Developing a different type of CV 62 5. Where to get help 63 6. Becoming a non-executive director 65 IX. Some final words of wisdom 67 1. Advice and tips 67 2. Concluding thoughts 72 Endnotes 74 About the authors 76 About Globe Law and Business 78 Notes and ideas 79

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Book SynopsisGeoffrey Robertson led students in the '60s to demand an end to racism and censorship. He went on to become a top human rights advocate, saving the lives of many death-row inmates, freeing dissidents and taking on tyrants in a career marked by courage, determination and a fierce independence. In this witty, honest and sometimes irreverent memoir, he recalls battles on behalf of George Harrison and Julian Assange, Salman Rushdie and Vaclav Havel, Mike Tyson and the Sex Pistols, and battles against General Pinochet, Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Thatcher (the true story of Spycatcher is told for the first time). Interspersed with these forensic fireworks is the story of a pimply schoolboy from a state comprehensive, inspired by a banned book to become a barrister at the Old Bailey and who went on to found the UK's leading human rights practice (Doughty Street Chambers) and to defend troublemakers throughout the world. Rather His Own Man captures the drama of the trial, the thrill of victory and the feeling of `courtus interruptus' when a big case settles. Its cast of characters includes Princess Diana, Pee-Wee Herman, Dame Edna, the Queen and Rupert - the bear and the media mogul. It's a read that is both exhilarating and erudite - and very funny.

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Book SynopsisMarking the 35th anniversary of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King's College London, this volume brings together a large and illustrious group of contributors to create a comprehensive and authoritative guide cutting across all key areas of contemporary construction law, ranging from construction arbitration to procurement and contract law.It takes an international approach to construction law and considers issues such as investor-State dispute settlement, insolvency and liquidated damages in civil law and common law jurisdictions and procurement from a comparative perspective, as well as certain key common law/English law topics (such as fitness for purpose) that are of relevance to an international audience.The book provides detailed and practical guidance to the legal framework of the construction industry for barristers, solicitors, arbitrators, adjudicators, academics, contract managers, construction consultants and quantity surveyors, amo

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Book SynopsisA frank and witty memoir of life at the Bar and on the Bench, from former High Court Judge The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall.For many years, Harry Ognall enjoyed a formidable reputation as an advocate at the criminal Bar. As counsel, and later as judge, he was involved in numerous high-profile trials, both in Britain and abroad.Among many cases as a QC, he prosecuted Peter Sutcliffe, the so-called Yorkshire Ripper'. He successfully defended six officers of the Air Force of Zimbabwe at their trial in Harare, where they faced a charge of treasonable sabotage.As a judge, he presided over the trial of Colin Stagg (the alleged Wimbledon Common murderer'), the trial arising from the Lyme Bay canoe tragedy and the trial for the first time in the United Kingdom of a doctor's alleged involvement in euthanasia.Thoughtful and provocative, Sir Harry has advice for the aspiring young advocate, and invests this penetrating memoir with warmth, humour and understanding. His frank portrait of a lifetime in the

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Book Synopsis“Wonderfully evocative… Donald McRae captures the Great Defender in all his complexity.... A joy to read.” — Kevin Boyle, National Book Award-winning author of Arc of Justice Astonishingly vivid. —James Tobin, Award-winning author of Ernie Pyle’s War The story of the three dramatic trials that resurrected the life and career of America’s most colorful—and controversial—defense attorney: Clarence Darrow. Many books, plays, and movies have covered Darrow and the trials of Leopold and Loeb, John T. Scopes, and Ossian Sweet before: Geoffrey Cowan’s The People v. Clarence Darrow; Simon Baatz’s For the Thrill of It; Kevin Boyle’s Arc of Justice; Meyer Levin’s Compulsion and the film adaptation of the same name; Inherit the Wind; but few, if any, have achieved the intimacy and immediacy of Donald McRae’s The Great Trials of Cla

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Benjamin Crump’s work – his research, his voice, his fight – is paramount to the black community. Open Season must occupy a dominant place in the classroom, in libraries, in the workplace, in police training programs. Crump’s masterful voice and expertise of America’s corrupt power structures will alter the hierarchy by which we dangerously abide.” — Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and New York Times bestselling author of When They Call You a Terrorist “Ben Crump offers a deft and unflinching expose on America’s treatment of people of color. He charges America to live up to its status as the great “melting pot” by protecting and serving all of its citizens. His passionate voice lifts the true stories of wronged Americans off of the page and emblazoned them onto our hearts. A mouth-gaping read from one of the most steadfast champions for justice of our time.” — Kenya Barris, creator of Black-ish “There is much more to inequality and discrimination than we know, and Crump will open your eyes. Pay attention.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “. . . alarming yet credible account.” — Publishers Weekly “. . . deeply disturbing account of how the justice system is used to maintain a system of inequality and justify the murder of black Americans.” — Book Riot "Ben Crump is a warrior on the front lines of the war for social justice. These notes from the legal battlefield of civil rights pushes us beyond lazy presumptions of where we are as a society to the hard truths of what we have achieved and how far we still have to go.” — Reginald Hudlin, writer, director, and producer

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Buting commands attention with his account of Steven Avery's trial... [He] uses his expertise to make a convincing case... A compelling portrait of the mechanisms of building a murder defense. A fantastic look behind the scenes of the U.S. justice system." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice.

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Book SynopsisDrafting is designed to equip trainee barristers with the requisite skills to draft high-quality legal documents across all areas of practice. The manual contains practical advice on the skill of drafting in a number of legal settings, including contract, tort, and criminal proceedings.Each chapter contains numerous examples accompanied by detailed commentary on the key features of the draft. Exercises are included throughout the manual, offering the opportunity to practice and perfect your own style of drafting.Digital formatsThis edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the authors' extensive experience in practice, Evidence is an excellent introduction to the principles underpinning the law of evidence. Key rules are explained clearly, while the practical approach equips students with a sound understanding of relevant evidential rules.

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Book SynopsisAdopting a highly practical approach, Remedies is designed to help trainee barristers identify appropriate remedial relief for their clients, and calculate damages where necessary.Remedies fully prepares trainee barristers for practice with coverage of the specific remedies which are available in various areas of law, including judicial review, trusts, unlawful discrimination, and EU remedies. The manual also details when specific remedies are available and what must be established for the chosen remedy to be granted.Digital formatsThis edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

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Book SynopsisThe only official source for police officers of the full syllabus for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Exclusively endorsed by the College of Policing, Blackstone's Police Manuals are the most effective revision guides for exam candidates.

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Book SynopsisThe only official source for police officers of the full syllabus for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Exclusively endorsed by the College of Policing, Blackstone's Police Manuals are the most effective revision guides for exam candidates.

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Book SynopsisHow and why is so much new law made? By what right does a judge order that a man be sent to gaol? Why is so much of the law so contentious, and why should we, the people, accept the laws made by those who claim the right to govern us? In this lucid, stimulating, and thoroughly updated survey, P. S. Atiyah introduces the reader to a number of fundamental issues about the law, the legal profession, and the adjudicative process. He also discusses the effect of membership of the EC on our law, the recent controversy over the independence of the judiciary, and the problems arising from the cost of legal services and legal aid.

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Book SynopsisJohn Marshall Harlan served on the Supreme Court from 1955 until his retirement and death in 1971. An articulate and forceful critic of the expansive civil liberties doctrines and constitutional trends of the period, Harlan is considered one of the most scholarly jurists ever to have served on the Supreme Court. This is the first book-length biography and analysis of his judicial and constitutional philosophy.Trade Review"An incisive and searching book on the life and judicial philosophy of the most respected conservative justice of our era. It merits wide and thoughtful reading."--Norman Dorsen, Stokes Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, and President, ACLU, 1976-1991 "Tinsley Yarbrough has done it again! His latest judicial biography provides a splendid analysis of Justice Harlan's impact on American constitutional law, the Supreme Court as an institution, and the pivotal role he played in shaping the courts of civil liberties. The book is must reading for every student of the Court."--Kermit L. Hall, Professor of History and Law, University of Florida, Gainesville "Provides the kind of masterful insight and evaluative prowess that enriches our understanding of the judiciary and the fascinatingly complex individuals who comprise it. John Marshall Harlan, although too often neglected, was one of its most meritorious, and we are in Professor Yarbrough's debt for bringing him to life in this splendid, eminently readable biography."--Henry J. Abraham, James Hart Professor, University of Virginia "Yarbrough offers the first major--and excellent--biography of one of the Warren Court's most interesting and brilliant figures....An absorbing and scholarly analysis of one of the Supreme Court's truly great jurists."--Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisThe authors look at how divorce lawyers actually work to address the question of legal professionalism in practice.Trade Review"This book adds significant insights into the body of knowledge about how lawyers are influenced by one another through different communities of legal practice. It will become a classic 'must read' for all students of professionalism and socio-legal scholarship."--Canadian Journal of Law and Society "An outstanding contribution to our understanding of the effects of context on lawyers' practice."--Buffalo Law Review "An outstanding contribution to our understanding of the effects of context on lawyers' practice."--Buffalo Law Review "This book adds significant insights into the body of knowledge about how lawyers are influenced by one another through different communities of legal practice. It will become a classic 'must read' for all students of professionalism and socio-legal scholarship." --Canadian Journal of Law and Society "All in all, this book deserves wide readership among all sociologists with an interest in professional work, not just those with a specialist concern for law and lawyering." - - American Journal of Sociology "Mather, McEwen, and Maiman have produced a splendid book, persuasive in its arguments and a pleasure page by page." - -Contemporary Sociology "This is a fine book. It is clearly written, concise, and packed with useful insights into the professional life and values of practitioners of divorce law. It deserves to be read by scholars of family law and by sociologists of work and the professions." - - Contemporary Sociology Divorce Lawyers at Work offers a rich, vivid account of the changing nature of family law practice. It will be invaluable to those interested in understanding the legal profession and the operation of the legal system, warts and all, in one of the most emotionally fraught legal arenas. It also would be an excellent companion to anyone suffering the travails of divorce--and an accurate (if sometimes unflattering) mirror of the lawyers who represent them."--Richard E. Abel, Connell Professor of Law, UCLA This is, first of all, a suburb study of one segment of the practicing bar--divorce lawyers--but it also addresses a host of questions about the meaning of professionalism and the contemporary tensions within the practice of law. Every scholar of the legal profession must read this book. It will also be of immense interest to almost every practicing lawyer, and, indeed, to students trying to find out what the real practice of law is all about."--Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School How do the demands and expectations of divorcing people in the U.S. intersect with the practice of divorce lawyers? This book offers a learned answer to a question that has occupied much speculation. We now have a comprehensive study to inform our relentless desire to understand how legal practice constitutes the demise of marriage."--Christine Harrington, Associate Professor of Law and Society, New York University "Mather, McEwen, and Maiman have written an invaluable book for scholars and practitioners alike. Everyday, divorce lawyers face conflicts about how to balance contending demands from clients, colleagues, and courts. In this thoughtful, probing, and important book, the authors demonstrate that the norms of professional collegiality are alive and well--if in multiple and complicated ways."--Carroll Seron, author of The Business of Practicing Law: The Work Lives of Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys "This topic is of great interest to not only those concerned with the practice of law, but also with broader social welfare interests in the management of the divorce process, and with a sociological interest in the development and pressures on the legal profession. The authors are in the first rank in their field, and write with clarity and authority. Their book is an important contribution to the field."--Mavis Maclean, Director, Oxford Center for Family Law Policy

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the language of the American legal system.Trade Review"In addition to defining the 1,001 headwords, Feinman uses his expertise and insight to interpret clearly, succinctly, and intelligibly ten legal problems often encountered by ordinary people (e.g., what is power of attorney; how to understand a contract, how to make a living will). Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice"In a sense, the book is unique. Unlike a weighty tome, it is small, and handy. With a focus on the non-lawyer, it is simple, and direct--changing technical terms to comprehensible."--Global Law Review"Ideal for students and general users who may need to look up the spelling, usage, or the definition of legal terms in plain English."--American Reference Book Annual 2004"A dictionary useful everywhere from landlord--tenant court to the U.S. Supreme Court."--The Atlantic City Press"A very good alternative for the layman who neither needs nor wants the thick and heavy standard legal dictionaries."--Catholic Library World

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Book SynopsisBased on a large study of legal professional practice, involving nearly 50 solicitors' firms, this book offers a critical examination of the practices and organization of defence lawyers in Britain - from the moment of initial contact through to the preparation and presentation of defendants.Trade ReviewDisturbing conclusions ... Standing Accused is powerful evidence of the extent to which the client is dependent on lawyers ... the book identifies fundamental concerns about the provision of legal service which need to be addressed. * David Pannick QC, The Times *The book really is compulsive reading for anyone engaged in criminal defence work. * The Lawyer *Standing Accused makes out a prima facie case against the existing arrangements, calls into question the roseate view commonly taken of the virtues of legal representation in criminal cases, and that anyone who reads this book will be driven to ponder further the professional standards and philosophy which ought to underpin a system of criminal defence. It is a significant and unsettling work. * Cambridge Law Journal *Standing Accused is powerful evidence of the extent to which the client is dependent on Lawyers ... the book identifies fundamental concerns about the provision of legal service which need to be addressed. * The Times *a compelling and characteristically provocative research report which is a credit to all concerned: the researchers and authors for their hard work, and Oxford University Press for conceiving its Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice series sufficiently broadly to include empirical studies ... Standing Accused is an impressive and disturbing work which will intrigue and entertain and dismay the reader ... It does ... stand a good chance of becomming a sociological classic; and in the meantime the book's accessible style and intelligent use of vivid empirical material ought to commend it to a wider audience than the "lawyers, scholars and professionals interested in the administration of justice" for whom the publishers (justifiably) assert that Standing Accused is compulsory reading * Law Quarterly Review *This is a timely, important and salutary book. * LCCJ Newsletter *Table of ContentsDefence solicitors in criminal cases - an introduction; organization and characteristics of criminal firms; the culture of criminal defence; pre-interrogation advice; advisors at interrogation; at the office - getting the client's story; the solicitor at court - client management and bail hearings; the solicitor at court - plea and mitigation; contested trials in Magistrates' Courts; solicitors, barristers and the Crown Court. Appendix: growth in criminal legal representation and legal aid in Magistrates' Courts, 1964-1990.

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Book SynopsisToward the end of the twentieth century, English lawyers enjoyed widespread respect and prosperity. They had survived criticism by practitioners and academics and a Royal Commission enquiry, but the final decade witnessed profound changes. First the Conservatives sought to apply laissez-faire principles to the profession. Then Labour transformed the legal aid scheme it had created half a century earlier. At the same time, the profession confronted cumulative changes in higher education and women''s aspirations, internal and external competition, and dramatic fluctuations in demand. This book analyses the politics of professionalism during that tumultuous decade, the struggles among individual producers (barristers, solicitors, foreign lawyers, accountants) their associations, consumers (individual and corporate, public and private) and the state to shape the market for legal services by deploying economic, political and rhetorical resources (including changing conceptions of professionTrade Review'Abel has long been the most learned and perceptive commentator on the English legal profession...This is an immensely important book...' * Geoffrey Bindman, the Law Society Gazette, 11 December 2003 *'I pay fulsome tribute...to Abel's remarkable grasp of the subject... Anyone interested in the history of the English legal profession is ...indebted to him...' * Michael Zander QC *...Professor Abel's ... complex theorisation of the recent history of the legal profession is drawn from extraordinarily detailed source work. The result is a rich critical history which will prove invaluable for students of the English and Welsh legal profession. At the same time the fact that the analysis is set in the context of underlying social and political change renders it an important contribution to our understanding of the ongoing reconfiguration of state and citizenship. * Dr Hilary Sommerlad *...Professor Abel once again shows his absolute mastery of the subject area, of the background, of the theory and of the facts. This is a book for researchers, for serious students, for historians and policy makers and for practitioners with a view beyond the immediate. It will be essential reading for anybody who wishes to comment on a crucial decade in the development of the English legal profession...The final chapter brings an overall analysis with strong, unremitting and characteristic comment from the most important commentator on the English legal professional scene. No one can detract from the comprehensive majesty of the agglomeration or the certainty of its analytic touch. * Professor Avrom Sherr *Table of Contents1. The Legal Profession in English Politics ; 2. An Unlikely Revolutionary ; 3. Halting the Tide ; 4. Reflecting Society? ; 5. Defending the Temple ; 6. Controlling Competition ; 7. Conservatives Cut Legal Aid Costs ; 8. Labour Ends Legal Aid As We Know It ; 9. Serving Two Masters: The Dilemma of Self-Regulation ; 10. Governing a Fractious Profession ; 11. The Future of Legal Professionalism

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the key skills that a lawyer needs to handle a case effectively, a topic that is not covered coherently in any other book. At a time of rapid and wide-ranging change in the delivery of legal services, the current edition involves a complete reworking of the last edition to take into account the implications of the implementation of the Jackson Review, and to see effective litigation clearly in the context of concerns about funding, case management by the court, costs, and the growing use of alternative dispute resolution. The book has a strong focus on the needs of the legal practitioner, the decisions to be taken at each stage of a case, and the criteria to apply in making those decisions. This is all securely based in references to relevant Civil Procedure Rules and decided cases, with checklists and commentary to assist in the project management of a case. The book also focuses on the skills a lawyer needs to work effectively. This includes skills in dealing with Table of Contents1. The growing focus on 'Effective' Litigation ; 2. An Overview of the Litigation Process ; 3. Dispute Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution Options ; 4. Legal Practitioners and the developing Professional Context ; 5. Advising a Client and Taking Instructions ; 6. Financing Litigation ; 7. Establishing and Analysing Facts ; 8. Making best use of relevant Law ; 9. Defining Issues ; 10. Joining the right Parties ; 11. Legal Letters and Opinions ; 12. Drafting Statements of Case ; 13. Pursuing Appropriate Remedies ; 14. Defending an Action ; 15. Track Allocation and Directions ; 16. Active Case Management and the use of Sanctions ; 17. Costs Management and Budgeting ; 18. Evidence, Disclosure and Witness Statements ; 19. The potential roles of Experts ; 20. Procedural Rules as Practical Tools ; 21. Managing Risk and Cost Benefit Assessment ; 22. Settling a Case and Part 36 offers ; 23. Preparing a Case for trial and drafting Skeleton Arguments ; 24. Presenting a Case in Court ; 25. Costs Orders and Costs Shifting ; 26. Enforcing a Judgment ; 27. Challenging a Judgment ; 27. Your Practice

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Book SynopsisLawyers'' Skills helps students develop the legal skills required for successful practice in the modern solicitor''s firm. The book equips students with a solid understanding of the theory and concepts underpinning the key skills areas of legal writing and drafting, interviewing and advising, practical legal research, and advocacy. Guidance is also provided on a range of other professional skills which should be mastered before going into practice, including effective time management, negotiation, and email etiquette.The inclusion of realistic examples from practice, tasks, and reflective exercises emphasizes the interactive nature of skills as a subject and encourages students to develop, practise, and refine their legal skills. Chapter summaries, diagrams, and self-test questions are also featured throughout and provide additional learning support to students. The text is essential reading for all LPC students and is also a useful source of reference for newly-qualified practitioners.Digital formats and resourcesThis edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - Access to a digital version of this book comes with every purchase to enable a more flexible learning experience - 12 month''s access to this title on Oxford Learning Link will be available from 15 July 2022. Access must be redeemed by 1 August 2024. - The online resources for students include a selection of realistic sample documentation designed to highlight legal writing and drafting in action across a range of legal documents, and references to further reading for those wishing to delve deeper into the subject area. - For lecturers a test bank of multiple choice questions is available to registered adopters and can be used to assess students'' understanding of topics covered in the book.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Interviewing and advising 3: Legal writing 4: Drafting legal documents 5: Legal research 6: Practical problem-solving 7: Negotiation 8: Advocacy and the solicitor 9: Managing your workload 10: Continuing your learning

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Book SynopsisConveyancing is designed for trainee solicitors studying applied land law on the Professional Practice Course in Ireland and will also be of benefit to practitioners. The manual offers complete coverage of all the knowledge needed when practising conveyancing, including the legal concept of property, and the protection, acquisition, and movement of proprietary interests.Featuring sample documentation and precedents illustrating the procedural aspects of conveyancing, this tenth edition has been fully revised to cover legislative changes, updates to taxation, and new practice directions and developments in property registration, including new sections on eRegistration, landdirect.ie, edischarges and expanded material on drafting a statement of title. This edition also includes the QeD form (Quick electronic Discharge) for Residential Property; updated Law Society Practice notes; an update to HomeBond cover for new builds and updated sample deeds and notes on title chart. The principles Table of Contents1: Introduction to Conveyancing and Systems of Registration 2: Steps in a Conveyancing Transaction 3: Ethics 4: Title 5: Investigation of Title 6: Contract for Sale 7: The Family Home 8: Drafting 9: Mortgages 10: Searches 11: Planning 12: New Houses 13: First Registration 14: Dealing with Registered Land 15: Requisitions on Title 16: Conveyancing and Taxation

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Book Synopsis`IBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2024, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2024 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2024 covers areas including Homicide, Sexual Offences, Fraud, State of Mind, and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2024 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, as well as revised keynotes on important areas and improved structuring to aid revision.Also available in the series are: Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2024 and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2024.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone''s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2024, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing an NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the four volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2024 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2024 covers areas including Bail, Disclosure of Evidence, and Court Procedure and Witnesses, as well as PACE Codes C, D, E, and F. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2024 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law.Also available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2024, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination.Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2024 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 3: General Police Duties 2024 covers areas including Terrorism and Associated Offences, Domestic Abuse, Complaints and Misconduct, and Public Disorder, as well as PACE Codes A, B, and G. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2024 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law.Also available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2024 and Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2024.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone''s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2025 covers areas including Homicide, Sexual Offences, Fraud, State of Mind, and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, as well as revised keynotes on important areas and improved structuring to aid revision.Also available in the series are: Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025 and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone''s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing an NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the four volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025 covers areas including Bail, Disclosure of Evidence, and Court Procedure and Witnesses, as well as PACE Codes C, D, E, and F. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including the latest versions of the PACE Codes

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination.Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025 covers areas including Terrorism and Associated Offences, Domestic Violence and Abuse, Complaints and Misconduct, and Public Order Offences, as well as PACE Codes A, B, and G. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law,

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2025, Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025, and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 editions have been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including the latest versions of the PACE Codes and the Public Order Act 2023.Blackstone''s Police Manuals

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Book SynopsisSolicitors'' Accounts provides a user-friendly guide to a subject that often poses serious problems for students unfamiliar with the principles and practice of accounting. It provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of all areas required by the Solicitors'' Regulation Authority for business accounts and solicitors'' accounts on the Legal Practice Course, including full coverage of double-entry book-keeping and final accounts of sole owners, partnerships and companies. It also deals with the Solicitors'' Accounts Rules and the practical application of these in solicitors'' accounts, including property and probate transactions. Each chapter starts with an overview of the areas to be covered and also states the learning objectives the student should aim to achieve. Contextual examples are used throughout the chapters demonstrating how the principles of accounting should be applied to situations in practice. At the end of each chapter there is a checklist of the key areas students must Table of Contents1. Introduction to solicitors' accounts and basic bookkeeping ; 2. The Trial Balance ; 3. Final accounts ; 4. Adjustments to final accounts ; 5. Further adjustments to final accounts ; 6. Partnership accounts ; 7. Basic accounting concepts and trading accounts ; 8. Company accounts ; 9. Group companies and consolidated accounts ; 10. Interpretation of accounts and accounting ratios ; 11. Basic solicitors' accounts ; 12. Transfers and mixed money ; 13. Value added tax ; 14. Financial statements and property transactions ; 15. Deposit interest and interest payable to clients ; 16. Probate transactions ; 17. Further transactions ; 18. Short answer questions and revision questions on solicitors' accounts

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