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Book SynopsisThis bestselling dictionary is an invaluable resource for both legal professionals and students of law, defining major legal terms, concepts, and processes within the English legal system. This tenth edition has been fully revised to reflect the UK's new status outside the EU and includes expanded coverage of constitutional and medical law.Trade ReviewEntries are well written and suitable for lawyers, students studying law, and laypeople who need to use or reference the law and legal terms ... is crucial for libraries covering international business, the European Union, or Great Britain. * L. Hickey, Austin College , Choice *Review from previous edition Review from previous edition If legal language is a fog, this is a valuable flashlight * Times Educational Supplement *The entries are clearly drafted and succinctly written ... Precision for the professional is combined with a layman's enlightenment. * Times Literary Supplement *It's like having your own lawyer on the bookshelf and is a handy aide for the professional and amateur alike. * Northern Echo *Table of ContentsPreface Credits A Dictionary of Law Centre section: Writing and Citation Guide Appendix 1: Abbreviations Appendix 2: Online Legal Resources

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Book SynopsisAlix Adams is a barrister with over 30 years' experience of teaching law from GCSE to degree and postgraduate level. Stephanie Caplan is a barrister and a Senior Lecturer at Kings Business School, Kings College London and Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, with extensive experience in teaching law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and with a special interest in employment law. Graeme Lockwood is a Senior Lecturer in business law at Kings Business School, Kings College, London with a broad range of teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate level and on executive business courses. He is a prominent researcher with extensive publications in employment law.Table of ContentsPreface Table of cases Table of statutes Table of statutory instruments Table of European and International legislation Part 1: Introduction: getting started Study skills The nature of law How the law is made Resolving legal disputes Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods The law of contract: Offer and acceptance The law of contract: Consideration, intention and privity The terms of the contract at common law Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services Defects in the contract: Misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence The consequences of illegality and incapacity: Illegality and incapacity Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach The law of agency Part 3: The law of tort The tort of negligence Negligence and special duty situations Product liability Occupiers' liability, nuisance and vicarious liability Part 4: Elements of employment law Rights at work: The contract of employment and health and safety at work Rights at work: Protection against discrimination in employment Rights at work: Protection against termination of employment by wrongful and unfair dismissal including redundancy Part 5: Introduction to company law Business organisations Forming a registered company Running the company: Raising and maintaining capital The management and governance of companies: Functions of directors, secretary and auditors Company meetings, shareholder participation and minority protection Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law Statutory intellectual property protection: Copyright, designs, patents and trademarks Common law protection of intellectual property: Passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence Appendix 1: Additional resources Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and Review questions – outline answers Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors explain and discuss how the justice system evolved, the way it operates - including vivid descriptions of the trial process - and how lawyers work. Revised and updated throughout for this fifth edition, THE LAW MACHINE surveys recent developments in the workings of justice and the outlook for the future. ''Refreshingly free of the patronizing attitude and the humbug with which other books about the legal system are riddled'' - THES

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Book SynopsisHow to Write Law Essays and Exams provides a practical and proven method of analysing, structuring and answering essays and exam questions. Designed for students of all levels, this book is packed full of worked examples, tips, and nurtures the vital writing and analytical skills needed to help students succeed in their studies.Table of Contents1: An introduction to writing law essays and exams 2: Building the necessary foundation: reading, understanding and summarising legal materials 3: Step one in the IRAC method: the issue 4: Step two in the IRAC method: the rule 5: Step three in the IRAC method: the application 6: Step four in the IRAC method: the conclusion 7: Adapting IRAC to 'discuss' (standard essay) questions 8: General tips on legal writing 9: Adapting IRAC for professional practice 10: Worked questions

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to the English Legal System is the ideal foundation for those coming new to the study of law. Writing in a highly engaging and accessible style, Martin Partington introduces the purposes and functions of English law, the law-making process, and the machinery of justice, while also challenging assumptions and exploring current debates. Drawing on over 40 years'' experience in the law, Martin Partington examines beliefs about the English legal system, and encourages students to question how far it meets the growing demands placed on it. Incorporating all the latest developments, this concise introduction brings law and the legal system to life. Digital formats and resources: This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbTable of Contents1: Introduction: aims, themes, and structure 2: Law and society: the purposes and functions of law 3: Law-making: authority and process 4: Shaping the legal system: the role of government 5: The criminal justice system 6: The administrative justice system 7: The family justice system 8: The civil and commercial justice systems 9: Providing legal services: the legal professions 10: Access to Justice: paying for legal services 11: Transformation or transition? The English legal system in flux

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading authors in the field, this clear and highly accessible volume provides full coverage of the topics commonly found in the contract law syllabus, alongside up-to-date illustrative case examples and stimulating commentary.Composed of approximately one-quarter authorsâ commentaries and three-quarters cases and materials, including academicsâ articles and extracts from books and Law Commission papers, this book takes account of a variety of theoretical perspectives, including economic, relational and empirical conceptions of the law.This book facilitates the development of personal study skills and encourages readers to engage with the leading academic commentaries in the area. Features to support your learning include: chapter introductions to highlight the salient features under discussion and signpost topics to guide readers through this comprehensive text; additional reading listed at the end of each chapter to asTrade Review"Lucid, comprehensive and authoritative; a truly exceptional exposition of the modern law of contract. Stone and Devenney illuminate the theory and practice of modern contract law and unpack the future challenges faced in this area with style, poise and assurance." Mel Kenny (Dr. iur.), Pro-Rector. Professor candidate, Comparative Contract and Commercial Law. Competition Law and State Intervention, Riga Graduate School of Law "Stone and Devenney's Text, Cases and Materials on Contract Law provides an excellent balance between explanatory text and extracts from key cases, which enables students to master the depths of contract law. Additionally, extracts from academic writings encourage critical reflection on the current state of the law. It is clearly written and has a structure that allows students to develop their knowledge and critical understanding of contract law." Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner, Professor of International Commercial Law at the University of Warwick, Editor (Law), Journal of Consumer Policy, Associate Academic Fellow (Inner Temple) "Highly popular with lecturers and students of contract law for over a decade, Stone and Devenney combine primary and second materials with substantial commentary enabling students to engage deeply with the principles and practices of modern contract law." Fidelma White, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork (UCC) "There are many good contract law textbooks, but undergraduate module leaders should seriously consider adopting this one. The book opens with an ambitious and clear setting out of some of the main themes in contract theory and the clarity continues throughout. This book will support weaker students and inspire the very able." Anthony Rogers, Senior Lecturer, City, University of London Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Forming the agreement; 3. Consideration and other tests of enforceability; 4. Intention to create legal relations; 5. Privity; 6. Contents of the contract; 7. Clauses excluding or limiting liability; 8. Misrepresentation; 9. Mistake; 10. Duress; 11. Undue influence; 12. Frustration; 13. Illegality; 14. Discharge by performance or breach; 15. Remedies

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Book SynopsisIn 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's power company subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very core of how he plotted the key features of the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe. And after being silenced for a long time, he has decided, with the help of journalist Matthieu Aron, to reveal all.In April 2013, Frédéric Pierucci was arrested in New York by the FBI and accused of bribery. The US authorities imprisoned him for more than two years - including fourteen months in a notorious maximum-security prison. In doing so, they forced Alstom to pay the biggest financial penalty ever imposed by the United States. In the end, Alstom also gave up areas of control to General Electric, its biggest American competitor.Frédéric's story unpacks how the United States is using corporate law as an economic weapon against its own allies. One after the other, some of the world's largest companies are being actively destabilised to the benefit of the US, in acts of economic sabotage that seem to be the beginning of what's to come...Trade ReviewA cautionary tale for globe-trotting executives at multinational companies * Bloomberg *A legal thriller * Le Figaro *An extraordinary French industrial saga...a testimony that sends shivers down your spine * Le Journal du Dimanche *This is more a tale of war than a thriller. A 'covert economic war' waged by the United States to weaken U.S. companies' competition * La Croix *A wake-up call for all managers working for international companies... A warning sign for all those multinational companies that risk getting on the radar of the American justice system * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *

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Book SynopsisEmily Allbon is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Experience at City, University of London.? Sanmeet Kaur Dua is a Reader, Lead Assessor for the Office for Students and the Director of Education for the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London.?

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Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated second edition provides an indispensible guide to all those preparing to sit the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT). Mastering the LNAT provides comprehensive guidance on both the multiple choice section and essay section of the test, as well as analysis of previous test results, details of the procedure for sitting the test and how the results are calculated and used. The book also includes five practice tests for students to work through, along with complete sets of answers and explanations and a range of sample essays and essay plans. Presented in an accessible and easy to understand format, Shepherd offers a practical, hands-on insight into what universities are looking for from candidates. It includes; an introduction to the test and the part it plays in the overall application process; guidance on preparing for the LNAT and an explanation of the ways that you can improve your approach to the test; a guide to approachinTable of Contents1. Applying to Study Law 2. The LNAT 3. Verbal Reasoning Skills 4. Essay Writing Skills 5. Practice Tests 6. Answers to Multiple Choice Questions 7. Sample Essays

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Book SynopsisBuilding on socio-legal studies, anthropology, and performance studies, this book challenges depictions of law as a façade for political repression by examining political trials in Zimbabwe after 2000, looking beyond the repression/resistance binary as a way of understanding governments' and citizens' uses of law.Trade Review'In Verheul's masterful account, law shapes (and is shaped by) political subjectivities and norms in crisis-ridden post-colonial Zimbabwe. We see how law works within the state and how meaningful legal practices, claims and institutions can be, for both those in authority and those who resist.' Sara Rich Dorman, University of Edinburgh'Through a finely crafted interweaving of detailed courtroom ethnography, revealing interviews and carefully read legal documents, Susanne Verheul eloquently unfolds the complex relationships between history, law, politics, state authority and citizenship. While contextualised within Zimbabwe, this rich account and its analytical insights has great significance for a wide range of scholarly fields.' Amanda Hammar, University of Copenhagen'A fascinating and vividly painted picture of the way in which power gets enacted in Zimbabwe's courtrooms and a must-read for socio-legal scholars and Africanists alike. Verheul manages to combine disciplinary perspectives and rich case material to dig deep into how power gets constituted and is performed. Highly recommended!' Barbara Oomen, Utrecht UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Law, state authority and the courts, 1. History, authority and the law in Zimbabwe, 1950–2002; 2. 'Rebels' and 'good boys': examining the working conditions in Zimbabwe's attorney general's office after 2000; 3. 'Zimbabweans are foolishly litigious': debating citizenship when engaging with a politicised legal system; 4. 'What is abnormal is normal': performative politics on the stages of arrest and detention; 5. Material and sensory courtrooms: observing the 'decline of professionalism' in Harare's magistrates'' courts; 6. The trials of the 'traitor in Harare's magistrates' courts under the unity government; 7. History, consciousness and citizenship in Matabeleland: the impact of the MLF case; 8. Historical narrative and political strategy in Bulawayo's magistrates' courts: the case of Owen Maseko; Conclusion: 'Government is a legal fiction' – performing law, the state, citizenship and politics.

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Book SynopsisEssential Contract Law for SQE1 explains the key principles of contract law in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand style. Written specifically for SQE study, this book covers all of the topics contained in the syllabus for the contract law subject area in SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessments.The book provides a clear and structured approach with opportunities to apply the relevant principles to contract law. It also includes a range of features designed to help you test and confirm your knowledge of contractual legal principles, including:â Revision points: Each chapter concludes with a concise list of key revision points.â Multiple choice questions: Each section of the book provides multiple choice questions following the SQE1 question format (with answers to enable you to test your knowledge).Part of Routledgeâs Essential Law for SQE1 series, this concise and accessible text provides a clear understanding of the key contractual princi

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Book SynopsisLearning Legal Rules introduces law students to the techniques of legal analysis and argument, equipping them with the knowledge and reasoning skills needed for effective study and practice of law. The text has been used in common law countries around the world as a leading legal method guide for over thirty years and provides students with the fundamental analytical skills of being a lawyer.Trade Review'Well-structured and accessible, with an eye towards giving novices in the study of law a good grounding in the skills they will need to be successful as students.' * Dr Caleb Wheeler, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University *Table of Contents1: Understanding the Law 2: Finding the Law 3: Reading the Law 4: From Reading to Writing 5: The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent 6: How Precedent Operates: Ratio Decidendi and obiter Dictum 7: Making Sense of Statutes 8: Interpreting Statutes 9: 'Bringing Rights Home': Legal Method and Convention Rights 10: Retained EU Law and Legal Method 11: Understanding Legal Reasoning and the Future of Law

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Book SynopsisThe most practical foundation for law students, combining content on the English legal system, academic and professional skills, and commercial awareness and employability.Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students, equipping them with the tools they need to thrive in their academic studies and onto employment. Accessible and engaging, with a wide range of pedagogical features to help students to apply their knowledge and think critically about the law Learning supported by annotated documents, real-life examples, flowcharts, and diagrams, providing visual representations of concepts and processes Comprehensive content on employability, including CV preparation and transferable skills, alongside features like ''Practice tip'', ''What the professionals say'' and ''Selling your skills'' Expanded coverage on sentencing, the judiciary, new routes into the legal professions, and legal technology New content on retained EU law, following post-Brexit changesTrade ReviewAn excellent resource: this well-written book provides a good introduction and overview to a broad range of topics and skills for undergraduate students. * Dr Joe Atkinson, Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield *A comprehensive book covering the key aspects of the legal system, legal skills and employability skills--the employability section is particularly important and useful. * Dr Amy Elkington, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Chichester *The quality of the book's content is generally very high. The sections on practical skills and commercial awareness are particularly relevant and have a good level of detail and information. * Dr Carmino Massarella, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull *This textbook is great value for money and has great coverage. Fundamentally, the book puts the law into context, with an excellent number of examples to illustrate key legal skills concepts, and helps students draw introductory links between the different year one modules. I particularly like that the book does not become redundant after first year and is relevant to students throughout their LLB Law journey. * Stephen Clear, Lecturer in Law, Bangor University *Well-written and structured: Slorach's strength remains the ability to present concisely a variety of topics on content and skills. * Dr Audrey Guinchard, Senior Lecturer and Director of Legal Skills, University of Essex *Table of ContentsPart I Legal Systems 1: Introduction to law 2: Legal systems and sources of law 3: The court system of England & Wales 4: Legislation 5: Case law 6: Legal services and ethics Part II Legal Skills 7: Reading cases and legislation 8: Research 9: Problem solving and case/matter analysis 10: Persuasive oral communication and presentations 11: Client interviews and meetings 12: Negotiation and mediation 13: Advocacy and mooting 14: Writing and drafting 15: Revision and assessment Part III Employability and Commercial Awareness 16: Making yourself more employable 17: CVs, applications, and interviews 18: Understanding clients: individuals and businesses 19: Businesses and the business environment 20: Essential economics and finance 21: Law firms as businesses

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Book SynopsisConfused by cases? Stuck on statutes? Or just unsure where to start with writing, research or revision? The Insider's Guide to Legal Skills will show you what you need to succeed, applying skills in their real-world context and helping you get to grips with legal method and thinking.Making use of problem-based learning and examples throughout, the fully updated second edition of this practical and accessible guide will provide you with a clear guide to skills within the law degree, including online learning. It will show you how to make the most of these skills in assessment and also help you to see their importance to a future legal career.Designed for students who want a clear overview of what a law degree is all about, the book has been built on the skills curriculum, and is a suitable text for Legal Skills, Methods and Reasoning courses as well as a general introduction to law, or pre-reading for those considering a law degree.For more information, inTable of Contents Meet our friends... Online learning: breakouts, chats and staying focused Academic and university survival skills: standing on your own two feet Your guide to the English legal system: order, order! Sources of law: the tools of your trade Legal research: digging deeper Legal writing: weaning off 'like' and 'innit' Referencing and plagiarism: borrow don't steal Mooting and public speaking: speaker's corner Employability skills: learn to earn Revision and exams: law, eat, sleep, repeat

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Scots Law is an accessible, comprehensive and concise introductory legal text for students studying Scots law or law as part of another course. The book covers a range of topics taughton BA Law and Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Legal Services qualifications encompassing public Law, private law and procedure. The presentation of the text is designed to facilitate learning with features including: a list of learning outcomes at the start of each chapter; the highlighting of key concepts; chapter summaries; lists of key legal authority; quick quizzes; further readingand relevant web links. Newly featured in this edition:#Succession (Scotland) Act 2016#Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016#Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill 2016#Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014#Scotland Act 2016##Fresh# new cases#The impact of Brexit on the Scottish constitutionTable of ContentsPart 1 # Introduction to the Scottish Legal System 1.Sources of Scots Law 2.Structure of the Legal System Part 2 # Public Law 3.Constitutional Law 4.The EU Dimension to the Scottish Legal System 5.Human Rights Law 6.Criminal Law Part 3 # Scots Private Law 7.Contract 8.Sale of Goods and Consumer Law 9.Employment Law 10.Commercial Law 11.Delict 12.Property 13.Trusts 14.Succession 15.Family Part 4 # Procedure 16.Civil Litigation 17.Criminal Procedure Part 5 # Legal Skills 18.Legal Skills

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Book SynopsisKey Facts Key Cases: Equity & Trusts will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Equity & Trusts module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: The nature of a trust,  the creation of express private trusts and purpose trusts  Constitution of trusts Types of trust: secret, protective and discretionary, resulting and constructive and charitable Trusteeship and the powers and duties of trustees Varying trusts Breach of trust and available remedies Key Facts Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB, postgraduate and conversion courses. The series provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes: diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points structured headings and numbered points to allow for clear rTable of ContentsPreface, 1. Introduction to Equity and Trusts, 2. The Creation of Express Private Trusts, 3. Purpose Trusts, 4. Constitution of Trusts, 5. Secret Trusts, 6. Protective and Discretionary Trusts, 7. Resulting Trusts and Constructive Trusts, 8. Charitable Trusts, 9. The nature of Trusteeship, 10. The Duties of the Trustees, 11. The Powers of the Trustees, 12. Variation of Trusts, 13. Breach of trust and Remedies

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Book SynopsisKey Facts Key Cases: Human Rights will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Human Rights module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: What human rights apply in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act How the various rights, freedoms and prohibitions which now pervade English law operate How rights affect important issues including discrimination, public order, police powers and terrorism How human rights operate in the global and other continental regional contexts Key Facts Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB, postgraduate and conversion courses. The series provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes: diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points structured headings and numbered points to allow for clear recall of the essential points charts and tables to break down more complex information Chapters are also supported by a Key Cases section which provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and memorise essential cases needed for exam success. Essential and leading cases are explained The style, layout and explanations are user friendly Cases are broken down into key components by use of a clear system of symbols for quick and easy visual recognition Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. European Convention on Human Rights 3. The Human Rights Act 4. The Right to Life 5. Torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 6. Public order, police powers, freedom of assembly 7. Rights to Liberty, Security and Fair Trial 8. Freedom of expression 9. Privacy, family life and marriage 10. Discrimination 11. Terrorism and counter-terrorism measures 12. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 13. Human Property Rights 14. Themes, issues and the future 15. Global and regional human rights

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Book SynopsisMooting offers a comprehensive examination of mooting and advocacy, combining both theoretical and practical aspects. This definitive guide will equip you with a complete grasp of mooting from the initial preparatory stages through to advocacy in the moot itself.The second edition has been comprehensively revised and updated, reflecting changes brought about by the evolving digital landscape, as well as addressing how mooting can benefit SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Examination) students. Changes and updates include new thinking points' throughout the book, end-of-chapter questions to reinforce learning and understanding, a new section on how to read the book, additional material for students participating in International moots, new material on electronic bundles, and an expanded section on lawyers' skills including more on building confidence and countering nerves.Online video footage of an actual moot brings the practical nature of mooting alive and will g

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Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: LawFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2018Support your students with this accessible and authoritative introductory textbook for the English Legal System - from the author and publisher you trust.Written by Jacqueline Martin, who has helped hundreds of thousands pass their exams and enjoy their studies, The English Legal System, 8th edition ensures that students have a comprehensive understanding of this area of the Law. It maintains a balance between deep insight and easy reading so students can reach their highest potential.The text supports a range Law courses, including OCR and WJEC A Level, ILEX, Access to HE, paralegal, international foundation programme, BTEC in Applied Law, law courses for non-law students in business, accountancy and public services plus Foundation Degree and LLB programmes.- Use diagrams, illustTrade Review'I consider The English Legal System by Jacqueline Martin to be an excellent textbook that has been instrumental in providing a valuable educational text for many of my students that have gone on to read Law for a Degree. Highly recommended.' * Dr Peter Jepson, Strode's College, Egham, Surrey (Amazon review about a previous edition) *

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique step-by-step guide to the law and practice of the SDT, from the issue of proceedings through to appeal. Its practical approach will help anyone who wishes to avoid the common pitfalls faced by unfamiliar users of the Tribunal.

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Book SynopsisStudies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest edition of this highly successful research series, chapters examine a diverse range of legal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. This volume is a collection of chapters exploring expert witnessing in Asylum Cases. Topics covered include: judicial ethnocentrism, political asylum, race identity and cultural defense. This volume brings together leading scholars and will be vital reading for all those researching in this subject area.Trade ReviewAnthropologists explore the use of cultural expert testimony as evidence in legal conflicts that invoke cultural difference. They address knowing the role of expert testimony in a cultural defense, reconciling the job of expert witness with other professional roles, relating to defendants versus informants, employing legal concepts that have little anthropological acceptance, producing testimony in changing historical and political contexts, and helping judges understand culture. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction; Leila Rodriguez 1. Expert Witnessing in Honduran Asylum Cases: What Difference Can Twenty Years Make?; James Phillips 2. Judicial Ethnocentrism vs Expert Witnesses in Asylum Cases; Murray J. Leaf 3. Guilt, Innocence, Informant; Jeffrey Cohen and Lexine Trask 4. Traversing Boundaries: Anthropology, Political Asylum and The Provision of Expert Witness; Kathleen Gallagher 5. Proving "Race" Identity of Chinese Indonesian Asylum Seekers; ChorSwang Ngin 6. State Your Case: Best Practices for Presenting a Cultural Defense in Criminal Litigation; Heather Crabbe, Esq.

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Book SynopsisDisabled Children: a legal handbook is an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children, young people and their families in England.

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Focusing on the processes involved in taking law exams, this book demonstrates how students can do justice to themselves by adopting the techniques employed by successful examinees. Suggestions are made as to the ways in which materials can be manipulated and legal arguments marshalled; and methods are identified by which both essay and, more especially, problem questions can be approached.

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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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Book SynopsisKey Facts Key Cases: Contract Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Contract Law module with ease. This book explains in concise and straightforward terms: The rules regarding formation of contracts The contents of a contract Vitiating factors, factors which invalidate an otherwise validly formed contract The rules on discharge of contractual obligations Available remedies Key Facts Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB, postgraduate and conversion courses and professional courses such as ILEX. The series provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes: diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points structured headings and numbered points to allow for clear recall oTable of Contents1. Fundamentals of contract law 2. Formation of a contract: agreement 3. Formation of a contract: consideration & intention 4. Other factors affecting formation legal relations 5. Privity of contract and third party rights 6. The contents of the contract: Terms 7. The contents of a contract; exclusion clauses 8. Vitiating factors: Misrepresentation 9. Vitiating factors: Mistake 10. Vitiating factors: Duress and Undue Influence 11. Vitiating factors: Illegality 12. Discharge of contract 13. Remedies

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Book SynopsisIn the last few decades university teaching has been recognised as an activity which can be studied and improved through educational scholarship. In some disciplines this is now well established. It remains emergent in legal education. The field is rich with questions to be answered, issues to be raised. This book provides the first overall review of legal education scholarship. The chapters outline the history of legal education research and provide a detailed analysis of the trends in areas of publication. Beyond this, the book suggests a typology for further conceptualising the field and a series of suggested paths for future research. The book originated from the 2017 UNSW conference Research in Legal Education: State of the Art? It features internationally respected authors who bring their perspectives on how legal education as a field of research should be conceptualised. The collection is arranged into three themes. First, a historical view is taken of the emergence Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION:Chapter 1 Legal Education Research as an ImperativeBen Golder, Marina Nehme, Alex Steel and Prue Vines*Chapter 2 The histories of legal education scholarshipFiona CowniePART II CURRENT LANDSCAPES:Chapter 3 Theoretical Legal Education Research: Engaging neoliberalismPeter BurdonChapter 4 The Poverty of PessimismDavid DixonChapter 5 Empirical Legal Education Research: Empirical research in Australia Alex SteelChapter 6 Practical Legal Education Research: A meta-survey of teaching and learning in practice-based educationKristoffer GreavesChapter 7 Towards a Taxonomy of Legal Education Research Kate Galloway*, Melissa Castan and Alex SteelPART III CALLS FOR ACTION:8 Who Controls University Legal Education in UK Anthony BradneyChapter 9 A virtuous journey through the regulation minefield Sally KiftChapter 10 Trends in Legal Education ReformJulian WebbChapter 11 Thinking or Acting Like A Lawyer? What We Don’t know about Legal Education and are Afraid to AskCarrie Menkel-MeadowChapter 12 Equipping the Legally Literate Leaders of Tomorrow Tania LeimanChapter 13 Prometheus, Sisyphus, Themis: Three futures for legal education research Paul Maharg

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Book SynopsisEssential Business Law and Practice for SQE1 explains the key principles of business law and practice as required for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) Part 1, in a clear, easy-to-follow style.The key principles of law in each topic are introduced together with concise examples of how each principle can be applied, and the book includes a range of supporting features: Commercial awareness talking points reinforce the book's strong focus on commercial awareness throughout Multiple-choice questions: Each section of the book provides multiple-choice questions following the SQE1 question format (with answers to enable you to test your knowledge). Further multiple-choice questions and answers are also provided on the companion website Problem questions: To test understanding and analytical skills applied to practical scenarios. A companion website also provides suggested answers Revision points: Each chapter concludes with a coTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One – Choosing a business form 1. Business organisations Part Two – Private limited companies 2. Formation of the company 3. The constitution of the company 4. Roles in the company 5. Financing the company 6. Shareholders’ decision making 7. Directors’ decision making 8. Directors’ duties 9. Transactions with directors requiring shareholder approval 10. Minority Shareholder Protection Part 3 – Partnerships 11. Ordinary partnerships 12. Limited liability Partnerships Part Four - Business Accounts and Tax 13. Calculating business profits (Rachel Cooper) 14. Income Tax 15. Capital Gains Tax 16. Corporation Tax & Value Added Tax Part Five– Insolvency 17. Corporate Insolvency 18. Personal Insolvency 19. Multiple Choice Questions 20. Multiple Choice Answers 21. Problem Questions

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Book SynopsisThis collection of twenty-one essays on administrative law provides a snapshot of cutting-edge thinking in this important field, which forms part of the practice of a large portion of the legal profession and affects the lives of all Americans from air quality to car safety and to social security.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Jerry L. Mashaw's creative tension with the field of administrative law Nicholas R. Parrillo; Part I. An Internal Law of Administration: 1. Jerry L. Mashaw, the due process revolution, and the limits of judicial power Thomas W. Merrill; 2. The management side of due process in the service-based welfare state Charles F. Sabel and William H. Simon; 3. Jerry L. Mashaw and the public law curriculum Peter L. Strauss; 4. From the history to the theory of administrative constitutionalism Sophia Z. Lee; 5. Cyberdelegation and the administrative state Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar; Part II. Internal Law and the President: 6. Internal administrative law before and after the APA Gillian E. Metzger and Kevin M. Stack; 7. Boundary disputes: Jerry L. Mashaw's anti-formalism, constitutional interpretation and the Unitary Presidency Peter M. Shane; 8. Cost-benefit analysis of financial regulation: an institutional perspective Richard L. Revesz; Part III. Adjudication and Divergent Models of Justice: 9. Meeting the Mashaw test for consistency in administrative decisionmaking Paul Verkuil; 10. Varieties of bureaucratic justice: building on Mashaw's typology Robert A. Kagan; 11. Enforcement adjudication at the SEC David Zaring; Part IV. The Agency and its External Environment: 12. Pathways to auto safety: assessing the role of the national highway traffic safety administration Robert L. Rabin; 13. A comparison of the cultures and performance of a modern agency and a nineteenth century agency Richard J. Pierce, Jr; Part V. Remapping the Administrative State's Development: 14. On the emergence of the administrative petition: innovations in nineteenth-century indigenous North America Daniel Carpenter; 15. Putting the 'public' in public administration: the rise of the public utility idea William J. Novak; 16. Lochner and property Edward Rubin; Part VI. 'The Agency' as More than a Black Box: 17. Supervising outsourcing: the need for better design of blended governance Nina A. Mendelson; 18. Government market participation as conflicted government Jon D. Michaels; 19. State regulatory capacity and administrative: law and governance under globalization Richard B. Stewart; Conclusion. The inside out perspective: a first person account Jerry L. Mashaw.

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Book SynopsisSmall property houses provide living space to about eight million migrant workers, office space for start-ups, grassroots police stations and public schools; their contribution to the economic growth and urbanization of a city is immense. The interaction between the small property sector and the formal legal order has a long history and small property has become an established engine of social and legal change. Chinese Small Property presents vivid stories about how institutional entrepreneurs worked together to create an impersonal market outside of the formal legal system to support millions of transactions. Qiao uses an eleven-month fieldwork project in Shenzhen - China''s first special economic zone that has grown to a mega city with over fifteen million people - to demonstrate this. A thorough and detailed investigation into small property rights in China, Chinese Small Property is an invaluable source of new information for students and scholars of the field.Trade Review'Can a vibrant real estate market arise in a nation with a stunted legal system? Hernando de Soto famously thought not. Splendidly interweaving field findings with social-scientific theory, Shitong Qiao dismantles the de Soto thesis. In many Chinese cities, booming housing markets have rested largely on informal understandings.' Robert Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School'In this remarkable book, Shitong Qiao not only illustrates the intricacies of China's booming periurban land market but also demonstrates how Chinese peasants, together with newly urbanizing industrial workers, have fashioned extensive systems of informal 'small property' commercial land transactions, in spite of a legal system that purportedly forbids them. Qiao's book offers a nuanced discussion of the relationships between law and social norms in Chinese land markets, along with a significant rejoinder to the view that dynamic land markets depend on formal systems of property law.' Carol M. Rose, University of Arizona'A fascinating exploration of the lively housing market that arose in suburban Shenzhen outside the framework of formal law. Based on in-depth field research, Qiao documents the residential building boom, and he then assesses both the strengths and the ultimate limitations of extra-legal arrangements as engines of development.' Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, Connecticut'In this multi-disciplinary work, Qiao has taken Robert Ellickson's pioneering work on social norms and property rights from rural California to Shenzhen, China, one of the world's fastest growing, most complex urban markets. In doing so he has demonstrated that much of what we thought we knew about law, property rights, social norms, and development was incomplete at best and flat wrong at worst.' Frank Upham, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, New York University School of Law'All in all, this book provides very valuable insights into the evolution of China's property rights regime. It revisits several influential conventional theories and offers critical and valid scrutiny based on empirical findings in China. These insights are most likely applicable to other primitive property markets in developing countries too. The author advances the theoretical depth of existing literature and offers an analytical framework for further research worth doing by scholars of varying fields, including property law, comparative law, law and development, and law and economics.' Weitseng Chen, ICONTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The evolution of land law in China: partial reform, vested interests, and small property; 2. Planting houses in Shenzhen; 3. Small property, big market: a focal point explanation; 4. Small property, adverse possession and optional law; 5. Small property in transition: a tale of two villages; 6. All quiet on the judicial front?; Conclusion: market transition: sticky norms or sticky law?

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Book SynopsisTort law is a core element of every law degree in England and Wales. Unlocking Torts will ensure you grasp the main concepts with ease. This book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms: Negligence and negligence related torts including occupiers'' liability and employers'' liability; Land based torts such as trespass, nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher; Trespass to the person; Defamation and other torts relating to reputation; Economic torts, breach of a statutory duty, vicarious liability, defences and remedies. The fifth edition is fully up to date with key case law including the recent decision of Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC and Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50 amongst others.The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessibleTable of Contents1. The origins and character of tortious liability; 2. Negligence: duty of care; 3. Negligence: breach of duty; 4. Negligence: causation; 5. Negligence: defences; 6. Negligence: specific duty situations; 7. Occupiers’ liability and liability for defective premises; 8. Trespass to land; 9. Nuisance; 10. Strict liability and land – Rylands v Fletcher; 11. Liability for animals; 12. Torts relating to goods; 13. Trespass to the person; 14. Defamation; 15. The economic torts; 16. Breach of statutory duty; 17. Employers’ liability; 18. Vicarious liability; 19. Remedies and limitations

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Book SynopsisHow the Law Works is a gem of a book, for law students and for everyone else. It is a must read for anyone interested in how society is shaped and controlled via law.'Dr Steven Vaughan, solicitor, Senior Lecturer, Birmingham Law SchoolHow the Law Works is a comprehensive, witty and easy-to-read guide to the law. I thoroughly recommend it to non-lawyers who want to improve their knowledge of the legal system and to potential students as an introduction to the law of England and Wales.'HH Judge Lynn Tayton QCReviews of the first edition:A friendly, readable and surprisingly entertaining overview of what can be a daunting and arcane subject to the outsider.' The Law TeacherAn easy-to-read, fascinating book . . . brimful with curios, anecdote and explanation.'The TimesHow the Law Works is a refreshinTable of Contents1. The Importance of Law 2. Types of Law 3. Judges 4. Lawyers 5. The Jury 6. Cases and the Courts 7. Case Technique 8. Interpreting Acts of Parliament 9. Language and Law 10. Miscellany

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The idea of human rights 3. The history of human rights and the Convention 4. Constitutional considerations 5. The scheme of the Human Rights Act 1998 6. Remedies under the Human Rights Act 7. Introduction to the Convention rights 8. The right to life: Article 2 9. Freedom from torture: Article 3 10. Freedom from slavery: Article 4 11 . Personal liberty: Article 5 12. The right to a fair trial: Article 6 13. Retrospective legislation: Article 7 14. The right to privacy: Article 8 15. Freedom of conscience: Article 9 and Article 2 of the First Protocol 16. Freedom of expression: Article 10 17. Freedom of assembly: Article 18. The right to marry: Article 12 19. Non-discrimination: Article 14 20. The right to property: Article 1 of the First Protocol 21. Free elections: Article 3 of the First Protocol 22. The problem of terrorism 23. Conclusion Appendix 1 The Human Rights Act 1998 Appendix 2 The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Appendix 3 Members of the Council of Europe and Convention ratifications Appendix 4 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix 5 European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights

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Book SynopsisOffering a comment on the justification for sentences, this work refutes jurisprudential attacks on the propriety of mercy, and discusses the shortcomings of the Court of Appeal''s approaches to consistency and other principles of sentencing. The appendices list "guideline cases" and definitions of "seriousness" for the purpose of different statutes.

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Book SynopsisAntonin Scalia was one of the most important, outspoken, and controversial Justices in the past century. His endorsements of originalism, which requires deciding cases as they would have been decided in 1789, and textualism, which limits judges in what they could consider in interpreting text, caused major changes in the way the Supreme Court decides cases. He was a leader in opposing abortion, the right to die, affirmative action, and mandated equality for gays and lesbians, and was for virtually untrammelled gun rights, political expenditures, and the imposition of the death penalty. However, he usually followed where his doctrine would take him, leading him to write many liberal opinions. A close friend of Scalia, David Dorsen explains the flawed judicial philosophy of one of the most important Supreme Court Justices of the past century.Table of ContentsIntroduction - what is liberal?; Part I. Scalia's Judicial Philosophy: 1. The Confirmation hearings; 2. Scalia's principles of decision making; Part II. Scalia's Conservative Constitutional Opinions: 3. First and Second Amendments; 4. Constitutional criminal procedure; 5. Privacy and individual rights; 6. Government power and regulation; Part III. Scalia's Liberal Constitutional Opinions: 7. First Amendment - freedom of speech and more; 8. Fourth Amendment - search and seizure; 9. Fifth Amendment - criminal applications; 10. Sixth Amendment - right to trial by jury; 11. Sixth Amendment - confrontation clause; 12. Sixth Amendment - right to counsel; 13. Seventh Amendment - right to jury trial; 14. Habeas Corpus; 15. Separation of powers and Federalism; 16. Commerce clause and other provisions; Part IV. Scalia's Conflicted Constitutional Opinions: 17. Political speech; 18. Antiabortion demonstrations; 19. Free exercise of religion; 20. Punitive damages; 21. Peremptory challenges; Part V. Originalism Reconsidered: 22. Fundamentals reconsidered - textualism and originalism; 23. Fundamentals reconsidered - other doctrines; 24. Conservative opinions reconsidered - individual rights; 25. Conservative opinions reconsidered - other; 26. Liberal opinions reconsidered; 27. Conflicted opinions reconsidered; Part VI. Scalia's Nonconstitutional Opinions: 28. Four Liberal special cases; 29. Liberal criminal statutory opinions; 30. Liberal civil statutory opinions; 31. Conservative statutory opinions; Part VII. Finale: 32. The other originalist justice; 33. Conclusion.

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