TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,Phil
TI  - An introduction to law
T2  - The law in context series
SN  - 9780521132077
AV  - KD661 .H37 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Law
KW  - England
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one --; 1; Law and society --; Analysing law --; Authority and obedience to law --; Law and society --; Industrialisation and the role of law --; Law and society: consensus or conflict? --; 2; Law and morality --; Social definition of law and morality --; Morality and the law --; 'Crimes without victims' --; Censorship --; Legislation of morality: reflections on the reformism of the 1960s --; 3; Law and the regulation of economic activity --; Form of the business enterprise --; Changing functions of state and law --; Summary --; 4; Some important legal concepts --; Rights and duties: problems of analysing legal concepts --; Legal personality --; Property and the law --; Social and economic functions of private property --; Law of property --; 5; Law and the settlement of disputes --; Prevention and settlement of disputes in modern society --; Business disputes: avoidance and arbitration --; Growth of tribunals --; Some recent developments --; English courts: the constitutional position --; English court structure --; Courts and society --; 6; Making of legal rules --; Parliamentary legislation: politics, pressures and public policy --; Precedent and policy I: the common law --; Equity and the common law --; Precedent and policy II: statutory interpretation --; 7; Legal profession --; Divided profession and its work --; Social composition of the legal profession --; Cost of legal services I: the rise and fall of legal aid --; Recent changes to civil litigation and legal aid reforms --; Cost of legal services II: the present situation --; Conclusion --; Part two --; 8; European dimension of English law --; Structure of the treaties: the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union --; Principal institutions of the European Union --; EU law and the principle of direct effect --; EU law: an overview --; Liability in English law: the law of tort --; Tort and capitalism --; Liability in tort --; Liability in negligence in cases involving the police and emergency services --; Negligent acts or omissions causing economic loss --; Negligent statements causing economic loss --; Negligent acts or omissions causing psychiatric illness --; Summary --; Liability for defective products --; Vicarious liability and the role of insurance --; Remedies in the law of tort --; 10; Liability in English law: crime and the criminal justice system --; Liability in criminal law --; 'Intention' --; 'Recklessness' --; Strict liability --; Defences --; criminal justice system --; Criminology and the criminal justice system --; 11; Development and role of the contract --; Contract and the consumer: the exclusion clause problem --; Legislative intervention: the solution to the consumer problem? --; Consumer protection legislation: some examples --; Is the consumer now adequately protected through legislation? --; Contract and business: the positive role of the contract --; 12; Law and government --; Remedies in administrative law --; Role of law in the administrative process --; Judges: appointment and training --; Judges, politics and the process of decision-making --; Grounds for judicial intervention in administrative activity
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