Elliott and Quinn: As Law 3rd edition
The third edition of this popular and successful textbook combines clear explanation of the law with interactive quizzes, pictures, weblinks and exam advice to help all AS law students to understand and enjoy their studies and to succeed in their exams. The new edition maps to the latest exam board specifications (OCR, AQA and WJEC) and is an endorsed publication of the OCR.
The book includes the following features to provide extra help for the student:
* Know Your Termsboxes to help students understand and remember technical legal vocabulary. There is also a detailed glossary at the back of the book.
* Tasks provide activities that can be carried out easily to help students explore the subject further.
* Quick Quizzes at key stages in each chapter, to give students an opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding of the law.
* Reading on the Web sections at the end of each chapter. These provide references to interesting material that has been referred to in the chapter and which is available free on the Internet.
* Exam questions and answer guidelines as well as advice on answering exam questions at the end of each chapter to assist students in preparing for their assessments.
* Chapter summaries at the end of each chapter, providing a quick and easy outline of the material covered.
* Criticisms of the law and law reform commentary appears at the end of appropriate chapters, helping students tackle essay questions with confidence.
* Newspaper articles, photos, real forms and modern cases are used to bring the subject to life.
* Companion Website www.pearsoned.co.uk/elliottquinn with regular case and legislation updates, extra quizzes and exercises, template of the interactive exercises in the book, web-links, and a glossary, as well as lesson plans and additional problems and questions for lecturers to use. Part 5 of the book (Concepts of Law, relating to the A2 syllabus) has been cut to make the book easier to manage and is now included on the companion website.
New to this edition:
Fully up-to-date with current and hotly debated issues in the legal system including:
- The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 introducing major constitutional reforms, including provisions to change the role of the Lord Chancellor, replace the House of Lords with an independent Supreme Court and establish a Judicial Appointments Commission;
- Planned reforms to the regulation of the legal professions and the way in which people qualify to become solicitors;
- Government steps to remove juries from serious fraud trials;
- Increased police powers contained in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
Catherine Elliott is a qualified Barrister and Lecturer in Law at City University. She has extensive experience of teaching law.
Frances Quinn is an award-winning journalist and journal editor, with a particular interest and experience in law.
By the same authors:
English Legal System 7th edition (ISBN 1 405 83548 6)
Criminal Law 6th edition (ISBN 1 405 83528 1)
Tort Law 5th edition (ISBN 1 405 80711 3)
Contract Law 5th edition (ISBN 1 405 80710 5)
Also by Catherine Elliott
English Legal System Sourcebook (ISBN 1 405 821 34 5)
French Legal System 2nd edition (with Catherine Vernon and Eric Jeanpierre) (ISBN 1 405 81161 7)
French Legal System and Legal Language: An Introduction in French (with Carole Geirnaert and Florence Houssais) (ISBN 0 58