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Introduction. The term “Law’ denotes different kinds of rules and Principles. Law is an instrument which regulates human conduct/behavior. Law means Justice, Morality, Reason, Order, and Righteous from the view point of the society. Law means Statutes, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Orders, and Ordinances from point of view of legislature.
- The Law in Context Series
- Books in the Series
- 5 Law and property
- 6 Law and the settlement of disputes
- 7 The making of legal rules
- 8 The European dimension of English law
- 10 Liability in English law: crime and the criminal justice system
- 13 The legal profession
- 14 The judges
- Preface
Editors: William Twining (University College London) and Christopher McCrudden (Lincoln College, Oxford) Since 1970 the Law in Context series has been in the forefront of the movement to broaden the study of law. It has been a vehicle for the publication of innovative scholarly books that treat law and legal phenomena critically in their social, po...
Anderson, Schum and Twining: Analysis of Evidence Ashworth: Sentencing and Criminal Justice Barton & Douglas: Law and Parenthood Beecher-Monas: Evaluating Scientific Evidence: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Intellectual Due Process Bell: French Legal Cultures Bercusson: European Labour Law Birkinshaw: European Public Law Birkinshaw: Freedom of ...
The function of private property in capitalist society The law of property Intellectual property and data protection Land and the law Land and its use: private or public control? Housing Conclusion
The prevention and settlement of disputes in modern society Business disputes: avoidance and arbitration The growth of tribunals Some recent developments The English courts: the constitutional position The English court structure The courts and society
Parliamentary legislation: politics, pressure and public policy Precedent and policy I: the common law Equity and the common law Precedent and policy II: statutory interpretation
Principal institutions of the European Community European Community law and the principle of direct effect European Community law: an overview
Liability in criminal law ‘Intentions’ ‘Recklessness’ Strict liability Defences The criminal justice system Criminology and the criminal justice system
The divided profession and its work The social composition of the legal profession The cost of legal services Conclusion
The social background of the judiciary The appointment and training of judges Judges, politics and the process of decision-making Conclusion
This book is written for students who are studying law on courses ranging from ‘A’ and ‘AS’level and BTEC through to a wide range of undergraduate degree courses. Students studying for law degrees will find much material which introduces them to most of the foundation subjects, as well as familiarising them with legal concepts, legal method, and ma...
The Concepts of Law. Tom Ginsburg† & Nicholas Stephanopoulos††. Concepts are the building blocks of legal doctrine. All legal rules and stand-ards, in fact, are formed by combining concepts in different ways. But despite their centrality, legal concepts are not well understood.
1. Substantive Law governs the behavior of all of us in ordinary life. a. It regulates the creation and exchange of property and contracts. b. It also defines what creates a criminal issue and a tort claim 2. A working definition of procedural law is the rules and principles that govern the behavior of courts and lawyer in dealing with disputes. a.
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Private law deals with the mutual relations between citizens. Property law and contract law are major branches of private law, which regulate things such as sales, ownership, and mort-gages. A third branch of private law is , which deals tort law with the compensation for damage that occurs when there is Private Law J. Hage
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Dec 30, 2010 · PDF | Definitions play a fundamental role in legal discourse, which can be identified in its two basic functions: avoiding ambiguity in interpretation,... | Find, read and cite all the...
W7re have now discovered four concepts, as the chief character-istics of law. Two of them have to do with the purposes of law. and two with the means whereby it accomplishes those pur-poses. A definition of law which includes all of these concepts and no others would seem to be a correct definition.
