Smith and Keenan's English Law.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- The book at a glance -- Law Report abbreviations -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Part 1 The English Legal system -- The nature and development of English law -- Classification of English law -- The development and sources of English law - generally -- The common law -- Equity -- Defects of the common law -- Relationship of law and equity -- Legislation -- Delegated legislation -- Custom -- Canon law -- Legal treatises -- The courts of law -- The Supreme Court of Judicature -- The courts today -- Magistrates' Courts -- Effect of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 -- Youth courts -- The Crown Court -- The Central Criminal Court -- The High Court - generally -- The Commercial Court -- The Companies' Court -- The Bankruptcy Court -- The Court of Protection -- Technology and Construction Court -- Restrictive practices -- The Court of Appeal - generally -- Appeals up to the Civil Division -- The Criminal Division -- Assistance for transaction of judicial business in the Supreme Court -- The House of Lords -- The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council -- Judicial appointments and discipline -- Removal and retirement of judges -- Arbitration -- Conciliation -- Tribunals -- The Court of Justice of the European Communities -- The role of the European Court at Luxembourg -- The International Criminal Court -- The European Court of Human Rights -- Other courts and tribunals, judicial review and legal services -- Administrative tribunals -- Employment tribunals -- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) -- Administrative inquiries -- Advantages of tribunals -- The Tribunals and Inquiries Acts -- Domestic tribunals -- Judicial control over inferior courts and tribunals -- Other controls on decision making -- Coroners' courts -- Legal services -- Payment for legal services -- The main legal professions.

Some other important judicial offices -- Criminal procedure -- Criminal procedure - generally -- The prosecutor -- Getting the accused into court -- Procedure at the police station -- The trial of criminal proceedings -- Commencing the prosecution -- Funding the defence - legal aid -- Bail -- Criminal trials and the Human Rights Act 1998 -- Summary trial before magistrates (other than in a youth court) -- Proceedings in the youth court -- Trial on indictment in the Crown Court -- Legal aid -- What is an indictment? -- Reporting -- Alibi -- Place and time of trial -- The offence and indictment -- Arraignment -- Jury trial -- Committal to the Crown Court for sentence -- Appeal in criminal cases -- Contempt of Court Act 1981 -- Sentencing -- Custodial sentences - generally -- Custodial sentences: the mandatory life sentence -- Community orders -- Prison sentences of less than 12 months -- Suspended sentences -- Deferred sentences -- Release of offenders from custody -- Fines -- Absolute discharge -- Conditional discharge -- Binding over to keep the peace -- Binding over of a parent or guardian -- Travel restriction orders -- Compensation orders -- Anti-social behaviour orders -- Youth crime and disorder: sentencing -- Youth community orders -- Restitution of property in criminal cases -- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - non-disclosure of sentence -- Civil procedure -- Initial considerations -- Funding the claim - generally -- Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) -- Alternatives to a claim in court -- The commencement of proceedings -- The defendant's response to the claim -- Reply to the defence -- Requests for further information -- Case management and allocation of cases -- Court enforcement of timetables -- The trial -- Appeals -- Enforcing a judgment -- The law-making process: UK legislation and case law -- The United Kingdom.

Delegated legislation -- Interpretation of statutes by the judiciary -- Case law or judicial precedent -- The Human Rights Act -- The Human Rights Act 1998 -- The European Court of Justice and Human Rights -- Persons and the Crown -- Natural persons -- Unincorporated associations -- Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) -- The Crown -- Part 2 European Union Law -- The legislative organs of the European Union -- The European Union -- Membership of the EU -- A brief history -- The Treaty on European Union 1992 (Maastricht Treaty) -- The Treaty of Amsterdam 1997 -- The Treaty of Nice 2001 -- The European Reform Treaty 2007 (Treaty of Lisbon) -- Subsidiarity and its application -- The institutions of the European Union -- Sources of European Union law -- Introduction -- Sources of European Union law -- Direct effect in the UK -- Vertical and horizontal effect of EU law -- National courts and the European Court of Justice -- Jurisdiction in personam: the Brussels regime -- The meaning of jurisdiction -- The liberality and simplicity of the common law of jurisdiction -- The development of the Brussels regime -- Actions in personam where the defendant is 'domiciled' in the EU -- The interpretation of the Regulation -- The scope of the Brussels I Regulation -- The concept of 'domicile' under the Brussels regime -- The central jurisdictional rules under the Regulation -- Exclusive jurisdiction -- Prorogation of jurisdiction -- Special jurisdiction -- Contract: Article 5(1) -- Tort: Article 5(3) -- Insurance contracts: Articles 8-14 -- Consumer contracts: Articles 15-17 -- Employment contracts: Articles 18-21 -- Part 3 The Law of Contract -- Making the contract I: offer and acceptance -- Overview of contract law -- Freedom of contract -- The essentials of a valid contract -- Classification of contracts -- The formation of a contract -- Agreement.

Offer and invitation to treat -- Acceptance - generally -- Termination of offer -- Trading electronically -- Making the contract II: consideration and estoppel -- Consideration -- Consideration in relation to formation of a contract - generally -- Consideration viewed in relation to the discharge or variation of a contract -- Common law - the rule of accord and satisfaction -- Equity - the rule of promissory estoppel -- Discharge of contract by performance - relevance of the High Trees case -- Equitable estoppel - other applications -- Intention to create legal relations -- Making the contract III: formalities and capacity -- Formalities -- Capacity to contract -- Minors -- Consequences of the defective contracts of minors -- Mental disorder and drunkenness -- Corporations -- Reality of consent: mistake, misrepresentation and duress -- Introduction -- Mistake -- Unilateral mistake -- Non-identical bilateral (or mutual) mistake -- Bilateral identical (or common) mistake -- Documents mistakenly signed -- Rectification -- Misrepresentation -- Meaning of representation -- Types of actionable misrepresentation and remedies in general -- Remedy of rescission -- Damages -- Duress -- Contractual terms -- Inducements and terms - generally -- Inducements and terms distinguished -- Conditions and warranties -- Innominate or intermediate terms -- Implied terms - generally -- Implied terms in consumer law - sale of goods -- Title -- Sales by description -- Implied conditions as to fitness -- Satisfactory quality -- Fitness and satisfactory quality -- Sale by sample -- Implied terms in consumer law - the supply of goods and services -- Supply of goods other than by sale -- Contracts for the transfer of property in goods -- Contracts for work and materials -- The terms implied -- Remedies -- Exchange and barter -- Contracts for the hire of goods.

The terms implied -- Exclusion clauses - supply of goods -- The supply of services -- Exclusion clauses - supply of services -- The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations -- Exclusion clauses and other unfair terms -- Exclusion clauses - the issue of communication -- Construction of exclusion clauses -- The doctrine of fundamental breach -- The approach of Parliament to exclusion clauses -- Exclusion clauses applicable if reasonable -- Reasonableness -- Provisions against evasion of liability -- Unfair contract terms regulations -- Illegality, public policy and competition law -- Introduction -- Public policy - the contribution of the judiciary: illegal contracts -- Consequences -- Public policy and the judiciary - void contracts -- Contracts in restraint of trade - generally -- Voluntary contractual restraints of trade on employees generally -- Contractual restraints on employees through the period of notice -- Non-contractual restraints on employees: confidential information -- Employee restraints arising from agreements between manufacturers and traders -- Restraints imposed on the vendor of a business -- Restrictions on shareholder-employees -- Restrictions accepted by distributors of merchandise -- Involuntary restraints of trade -- Consequences where the contract is contrary to public policy: severance -- Public policy: the contribution of Parliament -- Wagering contracts: insurance and dealing in differences -- Competition law -- The European Community approach to restrictive practices -- Discharge of contract -- Discharge by performance -- Construction of the contract as entire -- Substantial performance -- Acceptance of partial performance -- Full performance prevented by the promisee -- Time of performance -- Tender -- Appropriation of payments -- Discharge by agreement -- Discharge by frustration.

Contracts for personal service.

Uniquely comprehensive in its coverage, this textbook examines the English legal system and main areas of substantive law including contract, tort, criminal, property and employment law in one volume.

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