Publisher's Synopsis
This indispensable vade mecum to the specialised vocabulary of English Law is a popular choice with students and others whose work interacts with the world of law. Entries derive largely from the traditional core of legal studies - from contract, torts, criminal law, constitutional law, land law, trusts and equity, and jurisprudence - but also from the fields of European Community law, family law, legal history, evidence and procedure. Entries are substantial and are often enhanced by statutory definitions, judicial pronouncements and maxims, extracted from law reports, statutes and other branches of legal literature. They are also fully referenced, making follow-up in more-detailed information sources much easier.;This sixth edition: has been revised and updated with 200 new cases and statutes, including: Crime and Disorder Act 1998; Human Rights Act 1998; Access to Justice Act 1999; Employment Relations Act 1999; Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999; Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, Private Security Industry Act 2001 and the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 adds new terms resulting from major judicial decisions over the last three years includes major changes in the vocabulary of civil procedure introduced by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 now has a companion website at www booksites.net which provides useful links to web-based sources of legal information, updates existing definitions and provides new ones CWS Logo Longman 0 582 43809 8
