Links To Research Sources
The Basic Principles of English Civil Law
The Basic Principles of English Criminal Law
Magistrates' Courts: Summary Trial And Remand To The Crown Court
The High Court: Civil Division
The High Court: Chancery Division
The High Court: Family Division
European Law And The European Court of Human Rights
The British Government The Legal System. Basic explanation of the British legal system
The British Council Law in The UK. The British Legal System. Good basic description of the legal system
The Legal System. Explanation of the British legal system. Also contains good links.
The English Legal System. This is a brief explanation of the English legal system for non-lawyers and international visitors.
Resources for legal history. The site gives links to many useful sources of information about British legal history.
University of the West of England Library Services: English legal system. This site gives links to several useful sources of information on the English legal system.
Criminal Justice System. This government sponsored site has information for the public, as well as defendants and victims. The site gives good explanations of Magistrates Court and Crown Courts and how the court system works.
The Commercial Bar Association. Explains the roles of Solicitors and Barristers
THE BRITISH LEGAL PROFESSION. Explanatory article by J.F. Mortimer. Memory Aid (Gapped Vocabulary Exercise)
The General Council of the Bar. This is the site for the regulation of barristers in England and Wales. It deals with the qualifications and rules governing barristers
Bar Pro Bono Unit The term pro bono publico describes work done for the public good. Within the legal profession, pro bono means providing free legal services. The site includes general information about the Bar Pro Bono Unit and explanation of how to get free legal help.
History of the Queen's Counsel Provides a historical look at the Queen's Counsel.
The Basic Principles of English Civil Law
BBC Onelife An explanation of English Civil Law The Court Service Website The purpose of the Court Service is the delivery of justice. The Agency is responsible for the running of most of the courts and tribunals in England & Wales i.e. Crown, County, Appeals, and provides the necessary services to the judiciary and court users to ensure its impartial and efficient operation.
Your rights. The Liberty Guide To Human Rights
The Civil Courts Civil Courts deals with non-criminal legal cases, such as divorce or debt recovery. Most large towns have a county court, and major cities may also have High Court judges hearing many different types of case.
Law Teacher Net Contains Claims procedure before 26 April 1999, Lord Woolf's Civil Justice Review, Main Features of the Civil Justice Reforms, and Financial Limits for Civil Cases.
The Law
Society Various links to aspects of civil justice. The Basic Principles of English Criminal
Law
BBC
Onelife An explanation of criminal law in England.
How
does Criminal Law Affect You? Explains what your rights are and what happens
if you arrested by the police.
Criminal
Law and Procedure Links to various Internet sources related to criminal law.
The Law Commission
The Law Commission is the independent body set up by Parliament in 1965 (along
with a similar Commission for Scotland) to keep the law of England and Wales
under review and to recommend reform when it is needed.
SOSIG Law Gateway The SOSIG Law
Gateway provides guidance and access to global legal information resources on
the Internet.The service aims to identify and evaluate legal resource sites
offering primary and secondary materials and other items of legal interest.
Descriptive records and links are created for legal service sites and specific
documents. Magistrates' Courts: Summary Trial And
Remand To The Crown Court
THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S
DEPARTMENT This site explains the The Work of the Magistrate .
MAGISTRATES
COURTS This website is devoted to exposing fraud and police incompetency in
the Magistrates' Courts.
HM Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate
MCSI Inspection of Court Services aims to promote continuous improvement in
the magistrates' courts service and the Children and Family Court Advisory and
Support Service (CAFCASS) and to support joint inspection of the criminal
justice system.
Magistrates'
Association This page has many links to various kinds of information about
Magistrates' Courts.
BBC
Crimefighters Online Explains what magistrates' courts are and what they do.
The High Court: Civil Division
Crime fighters:
Justice Explains the high court system
The Court
Service website Gives interesting details of high court judgements.
infolaw
Cases Gives information about a variety of high court cases. The High Court: Chancery
Division
High Court -
Chancery DivisionThis page contains statistical information
Info
law This page describes many cases.
Xrefer Legal
reference book. Explains what the chancery division is.
BBC
- Beyond the Broadcast - Making History The historical background of the
Court of Chancery
The Court Service The High
Court and Court of Appeal in England , High Court and Court of ... Chancery
Bar Association, Home Page of the Chancery Bar Association. The High Court: Family Division
The Court
Service website Supreme Court Group Daily Lists. High Court of Justice
Family Division
Daily Law Notes Brief
summaries of some court cases.
infolaw
Cases A collection of law cases. Trial
Procedure In The Magistrates' Court Everything you need to know about court
procedure. European Law And The European Court of Human
Rights
Your
Rights: The European Court of Human Rights Lots of details about rights in
Europe.
BBC
News Q&A: European Court of Human Rights What powers does the European
Court of Human Rights have? Are European Court decisions binding in UK law? Plus
answers to many other interesting questions
European Court
European Court of Human Rights According to Merrills in 'The Development of
International Law by the European Court of Human Rights', (Manchester University
)