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English Legal System

Useful external links include:

• Saint Brendan's Sixth Form College
• Sixth Form Law
• Dr Peter Jepson
• Help With Law Exams
• The Thomas Hardye School

My notes are organised as follows:

SOURCES OF LAW/LAW MAKING

• Doctrine of Judicial Precedent
• Equity
• Acts of Parliament
• Law Reform
• Delegated Legislation
• Statutory Interpretation
• European Union Law

CIVIL COURTS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Civil Courts and Procedure
• Judicial Review
• Tribunals and A.D.R.
• European Court of Justice

CRIMINAL PROCESS AND THE CRIMINAL COURTS

• Police Powers
• Criminal Courts
• Appeals and Retrial

PENAL SYSTEM

• Principles of Sentencing; Sentencing Practice/Procedure; and Powers of Courts

LEGAL PERSONNEL

• Barristers, Solicitors and Legal Executives
• Judges/Judiciary
• Lay Magistrates
• Juries
• Legal Aid and Funding of Cases