Product Description

First year introductory law courses for undergraduates of business studies, accounting, estate management, surveying, etc. HND and HNC courses in business. Foundation professional studies courses, eg banking, accountancy and A-Level law courses. The market leading all-purpose introductory legal text used on a wide variety of courses. It is a comprehensive book that combines text and cases, allowing students to read the facts and decisions of over 500 cases. The book has a considerable reputation for reliability and accuracy, which has been established over 35 years. It covers the English legal system, contract law, tort law, employment and criminal law.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476268 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 884 pages

From the Back Cover
Smith and Keenan's English Law 13 e - Cover Blurb
Smith and Keenan's English Law is the classic introductory law textbook for students taking any course where an appreciation of English law is required. Its unique features are its comprehensiveness and the combined textbook/casebook format, which allows students to read the facts and decisions of over 500 cases in some depth. Smith and Keenan's English Law has a considerable reputation for reliability and accuracy, established over 40 years. It covers the main principles of the English legal system, including civil and criminal procedure, and contract, tort, employment, property and criminal law.
This edition has been, of necessity, the most substantially revised in the life of the book, with major parts rewritten to cover changes in the constitution, enhanced access to justice and reform of civil procedure. Important new decisions and new legislation have been recorded in most of the areas of law covered by the book.
There have been major changes to the chapters on the courts, resulting from the provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 and consolidation of sentencing legislation in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. The changing landscape of legal terminology resulting from the Woolf reforms to civil procedure has also been reflected throughout the book. The likely initial effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 on English law are also considered.
The major section of the book on contract law now incorporates the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, the Competition Act 1998 and the Electronic Communications Act 2000, the provisions of which allow electronic signatures, leading to contracts being made via e-mail and the Internet. The chapter on employment rights now includes new cases and legislative developments, such as the Employment Relations Act 1999 and attendant SIs covering issues including working time, maternity leave, parental leave, time off for family emergencies and new rights for part-time employees. New developments in tort, property and criminal law in a business context are also included.
Denis Keenan is a Barrister, an experienced teacher and former Head of Department of Business Studies and Law. In addition to being author of a range of market-leading textbooks, he is also legal correspondent for Accountancy magazine and Editor of Butterworths Accountants' Legal Service.
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Denis Keenan Barrister and former Head of Department of Business Studies and Law.

Customer Reviews

Very good, contained everything I needed and more
I bought this book for a module I was doing on my first year undergraduate Economics course and found that this book contained all the information covered in this module.

The language is quite simple to understand and there are a lot of cases at the back to help illustrate certain points made, comparisons were sometimes made between cases. This was particularly good as during the exams we were meant to refer to relevant cases and to compare and contrast certain cases, this book did all that and also explained how the outcome was achieved.

I would strongly recommend this book if you are studying undergraduate law or a law module, if this is one of the books that appears on your reading list - get it.

From a teacher's perspective as a student text
Smith and Keenan is one of the classic law texts for just about any course below undergraduate level. It is comprehensive while being just short of complicated and forbidding. The case section at the back eliminates the need for a seperate case book. If students can be encouraged to read it they will be rewarded by the experience. Excellent value for money.

Book good, but needs more
I found the book good, but if you are doing undergrad you will need more to understand the cases and examples this book cites. I would recomend it for GCE level law, and advanced level to help the student learn the basics.