Guide to the Spotlights Series xix Preface xxi Table of cases xxiii Table of legislation xxix 1 INTRODUCTION TO ‘LAW’ AND THE ‘LEGAL SYSTEM’ 1 2 SOURCES OF LAW 27 3 INSTITUTIONS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM 47 4 LAW-MAKING IN ENGLAND AND WALES I – PRIMARY LEGISLATION 63 5 LAW-MAKING IN ENGLAND AND WALES II – DELEGATED (SECONDARY) LEGISLATION 109 6 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION 151 7 THE JUDICIARY 191 8 THE COURT STRUCTURE 225 9 PRECEDENT 247 10 CIVIL JUSTICE 273 11 CRIMINAL JUSTICE 299 12 THE JURY 323 13 ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND THE TRIBUNAL SYSTEM 353 14 DISPUTE RESOLUTION (DR) 373 15 LEGAL PROFESSIONALS 417 16 SKILLS FOR LEGAL STUDY 449 Index 479
Biography
Ryan Murphy is Professor of Legal Education and Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences at Swansea University.
Frances Burton is former Senior Lecturer in Law at Buckingham University, former Chancery Barrister who
has, for many years, taught a wide range of subjects, including both much of the knowledge and the skills
which are the subject of this book, and both on academic and vocational courses at a variety of British and
international institutions. As a retired judge, she has also had many years’ experience of the operation of the
rule of law in the UK from the judicial perspective as well as from those of the practitioner and the academic..
