Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Statutes -- Regulations, Rules and Orders -- Treaties -- Cases -- List of Contributors -- Preface to the Seventh Edition -- 1 The Nature of Law -- Introduction -- Sanctions -- Divisions of the Law -- Criminal Law -- Civil Law -- Language of the Law -- Making the Law -- Sources of Law -- New Legislation -- Development of New Law -- Pressure Groups -- Delegated Legislation -- Statutory Interpretation -- Judicial Precedent -- Advantages and Disadvantages of the System of Precedent -- Applying a Precedent
Common Law and Equity -- The European Convention on Human Rights -- The Convention Rights -- First Protocol -- The European Court of Human Rights -- The Human Rights Act 1998 -- 2 The United Kingdom and the European Union -- The European Union -- The EU's Institutions -- Eu Law -- Former Supremacy of EU Law -- Brexit -- The United Kingdom's Future Relationship With The EU -- 3 Dispute Resolution -- Self-Help -- Court Procedures -- Civil Cases -- The County Courts and the High Court -- Pre-Action Protocols -- Claim Form -- Defence -- Directions and Interim Remedies -- Case Management
Track Allocation -- Trial -- Civil Appeals -- Criminal Cases -- Crown Court -- Magistrates' Courts -- Bail -- Mode of Trial Hearing -- Trial Preparation -- Trial -- Sentence -- Tribunals -- Arbitration -- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) -- Mediation -- Adjudication -- Other Forms of ADR -- Ombudsmen -- Affording the Law -- The Legal Profession -- Solicitors -- Barristers -- Legal Executives and Paralegals -- Alternative Business Structures -- 4 Central and Local Government -- The Structure of Central Government -- House of Lords -- House of Commons -- Procedure of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Questions -- Private Member's Bills -- The Committee System of the House of Commons -- Public Bill Committees -- Select Committees -- Financial Procedures of the House of Commons -- The Civil Service -- The Structure of Local Government -- Control of Local Authorities -- Control by Central Government -- Bye-Laws -- Non-Departmental Public Bodies -- Challenging Decisions Made by Public Bodies in the Courts -- Appeal -- Application for Judicial Review -- Ordinary 'Private Law' Actions -- Privative Clauses -- Application for Judicial Review: The Grounds of Challenge
5 Business Organizations -- Sole Trader -- Partnership -- Taxation of Partnerships -- Company -- Creating a Company -- Public and Private Companies -- Management of a Company -- Appointment and Removal of Directors -- Meetings and Reporting -- Protection of Minority Shareholders -- Company Finance -- Borrowing -- Taxation of Companies -- Personal Liability -- Looking Behind Corporate Structure -- Winding Up of Companies -- Limited Liability Partnership -- Creating a Limited Liability Partnership -- Managing a Limited Liability Partnership -- Taxation of Limited Liability Partnerships
