The English Legal System

Understand the law and then go further; this is the book which helps you to think for yourself about the english legal system. `Gillespie has provided us with the best book in this arca. As long as it's published I will use it in my teaching.' Professor Claire Mcgourlay, University of Shelffield `Gillespie is excellent as ever; this book provides coverage which is thought-provoking, up-to-date, nuanced, and intelligent.' Cherry James, London South Bank University Understand the english legal system. This is your complete guide to the English legal system and its idiosyncrasies; this text helps you to understand the key procedures, institutions, and actors involved, with clear explanations which get to the bottom of the complexities of the system. Become a legal thinker. This book does not just help you to understand; it helps you to think like a lawyer. As you read, you will develop the tools to become a critical thinker, reflecting on the law; you are encouraged to question, evaluate, and corne to your own conclusions. Alisdair Gillespie is Head of the Law School at Lancaster University. Siobhan Weare (contributor) is Lecturer in Law at Lancaster University.