Cases and materials on the English legal system / Michael Zander.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. The organisation of trial courts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The work handled by the courts -- (1) The civil courts -- (2) The criminal courts -- 3. Managing the courts -- 4. IT for the courts -- 5. The tribunal system -- Chapter 2. Pre-trial civil proceedings -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Few cases are ever started and fewer reach court -- 3. Legal proceedings -- Part 36. offers to settle and payment into court -- 4. Getting the documentary evidence -- 5. Getting evidence from witnesses -- 6. Pre-trial case management -- 7. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) -- Chapter 3. Pre-trial criminal proceedings -- 1. Introduction - the overriding objective -- 2. Questioning of suspects by the police -- 3. Safeguards for the suspect -- 4. Stop, arrest, detention -- 5. Establishing the suspect's identity -- 6. Getting the evidence -- 7. The prosecution process -- 8. Bail or remand in custody -- 9. Information supplied to the opponent ('Disclosure') -- 10. The allocation of cases between higher and lower criminal trial courts -- 1986. consultation paper -- 1990. Practice Note -- 1995. consultation paper -- 11. The guilty plea -- 12. Committal or transfer proceedings -- 13. The voluntary bill of indictment -- 14. Case management and pre-trial preparation -- 15. Preparation of cases by the defence -- 16. Delays in criminal cases -- 17. Publicity and contempt of court -- Chapter 4. The trial process -- 1. The adversary system compared with the inquisitorial -- 2. Does being represented make a difference? -- 4. Establishing the facts: the unreliability of human testimony -- 5. The principle of orality -- 6. The taking of evidence -- 7. Justice should be conducted in public -- 8. The exclusionary rules of evidence -- Chapter 5. The jury -- 1. The origins of the jury system -- 2. Eligibility for jury service -- 3. The process of jury selection -- 4. Challenging of jurors -- 5. The size of the jury -- 6. Who serves on juries? -- 7. The extent to which juries are used -- 8. Aids to the jury -- 9. The quality of jury decision-making -- 10. Respective roles of judge and jury -- 11. Majority jury verdicts -- 12. Retrials on jury disagreement -- 13. Will the courts consider what happened in the jury room? -- 14. Publication of the secrets of the jury room -- 15. Does the jury acquit too many defendants? -- 16. Trial on indictment without a jury -- 17. The operation of the jury (and trials) in former times -- Chapter 6. Costs and the funding of legal proceedings -- 1. The new rules -- 2. Controls on costs -- 3. Should costs follow the event? -- 4. Exceptions to the rule that costs follow the event -- 5. The legal aid system -- (1) The civil legal aid scheme -- (2) The criminal legal aid scheme -- 6. Conditional fees and contingency fees -- 7. Legal expenses insurance (LEI) -- 8. Pro bono work done by the profession -- Chapter 7. Appeals -- 1. The structure of appeal courts -- 2. The appeal process -- 3. Appeal decisions -- 4. Dealing with alleged miscarriage of justice cases -- Chapter 8. The legal profession -- 1. The component parts of the profession -- Part nerships. among barristers -- 2. The divided profession -- 3. Law centres -- 4. The use of solicitors, and clients' perceptions -- 5. Reform of the profession - current issues -- 6. From the Clementi Review to the Legal Services Bill -- 7. Clementi - what has happened?.

"This title, a companion volume to The Law Making Process, is the definitive collection of cases and materials on the workings of the English legal system. Written by the foremost scholar in the field, it surveys how the law functions from the trial process (from pre-trial proceedings to the funding of trials), the role of the jury, and the legal profession. This edition takes account of all recent major legislative and judicial changes and updates the material on the established areas of the law. The book takes a 'law in context' approach, setting out those factors beyond the legal environment which impact on and inform the changes within it. The collection is required reading for all students seeking a thorough knowledge and in-depth understanding of how the English legal system operates."--Publisher's website.

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