The law-making process (Law in context) - Hardcover

Zander, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297777505 ISBN 13: 9780297777502

Publisher: distributed in U.S.A. by F. B. Rothman & Co, 1980

Synopsis

This is the fourth edition of a text providing critical analysis of all aspects of the law-making process. It includes recent developments in case law and statutes and is ideal for law students and others taking introductory courses on the legal system.

About this title

Book Description

This work covers subjects such as legislation, statutory interpretation, precedent and other sources of law, the latter including EU law, the treatment of which has been expanded in this edition. The volume can be used with Zander: Cases and Materials on the English Legal System.

About the Author

Michael Zander QC is Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he taught from 1963 to 1988. His published books include Lawyers and the Public Interest (Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1968); Legal Services for the Community (Temple Smith,1978); A Matter of Justice (IB Tauris 1988); Cases and Materials on the English Legal System (10th edn, Cambridge, 2007); A Bill of Rights? (4th edn, Sweet & Maxwell, 1996); Zander on PACE (6th edn, Sweet & Maxwell, 2013); and the 1999 Hamlyn Lectures, The State of Justice (Sweet & Maxwell, 2000). He has conducted many empirical studies. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (1991-93). For 25 years (1963-88) he was also Legal Correspondent of The Guardian and has been a frequent broadcaster on radio and television. He is acknowledged to be one of the foremost authorities on the workings of the legal system.

Edition details

• Publisher: distributed in U.S.A. by F. B. Rothman & Co
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0297777505
• ISBN 13: 9780297777502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 309