Product Description

"(PUBLICATION FIRST MARKED AS OUT OF PRINT 09/10/03)The new edition of English Legal System in Context brings the book up to date in the light of changes to the law since the previous edition was published in 1996. Major developments include the Human Rights Act 1998, the Woolf Reforms of civil justice, changes to the funding of civil litigation and recent developments in Criminal Justice."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #900288 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

About the Author
Fiona Cownie is Professor of Law at the University of Keele. She was formerly HK Bevan Professor of Law at the University of Hull. A former Vice-Chair of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, and Past President of the European Law Faculties Association, she is an expert in legal eduction, and is well known for her work in socio-legal studies.

Customer Reviews

Extraordinarily well-written
The book is in my opinion one of the best examples of why English legal literature stands in a class of its own. Its dense syntactical structure befits the dense semantical concepts it attempts to convey. Equally, it presents a persuasive, coherent thesis of the necessity for a pluralistic analysis of the English legal structure.

Good book
This book is good, especially the chapters on the criminal justice system. It is written in a clear, concise and accessible manner without being basic. Recommended for a solid foundation of the English legal system.

Good background but dry
This book provides a good background to the law and therefore might be good for someone who is about to start a law degree / conversion course. It details how the court system works, how the constitution affects the law etc
For anyone who isn't, however, this is fairly tedious stuff.
If you're itching to get started and can't wait for the summer holidays to be over then definitely grab a copy. Otherwise I'd wait till the lectures start.