The Legal System |
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| Author:
| Malleson, Kate |
| Series title: | Core Texts Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-928241-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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The Legal System provides an overview of the institutions, personnel and procedures that make up the legal system in England and Wales. Current changes are explained and critically evaluated. The text explores a number of key competing themes and underlying tensions which run through the legal system. These are identified in the first chapter and then highlighted using practical examples through the following substantive chapters. The book draws out the difficult dilemmas which the...
More DescriptionThe Legal System provides an overview of the institutions, personnel and procedures that make up the legal system in England and Wales. Current changes are explained and critically evaluated. The text explores a number of key competing themes and underlying tensions which run through the legal system. These are identified in the first chapter and then highlighted using practical examples through the following substantive chapters. The book draws out the difficult dilemmas which the system is currently facing: Should efficiency be prioritised over quality of justice? Is the civil justice system fundamentally private or public? Can litigation be discouraged without reducing access to justice? These are the sorts of questions which must be addressed in order to understand the direction in which the legal system is moving. Nor are the answers necessarily driven by the needs and internal logic of the system itself. The book shows how political and economic priorities are just as important in determining the policies which shape the legal system today.