Includes index.

Contents: The English legal system: Nature and history of English law -- Sources of English law -- The judicial system -- The Law of persons -- The Law of contract: Nature and classification of contracts -- Formation of contracts -- Form, consideration, and capacity -- Void, voidable, and illegal contracts -- Discharge of contracts -- Privity, assignment, and negociability -- Agency -- The law of torts: Nature of tortious liability -- Capacity and defences in tort -- Trespass and nuisance -- Negligence -- Strict liability -- Defamation -- The Law of property: Real and personal property -- Estates and interests in land -- Leases, covenants, and servitudes -- Bailments and liens of personality -- Securities -- Law of succession -- Equity: Nature and scope of equity -- Trusts -- Criminal law: Criminal law -- Appendix I: Cheques and bills of exchange( for bankers) -- Appendix II: Examination techniques -- Appendix III: Test papers -- Index.