Includes index.

Contents: The historical sources of english law: Common law -- Equity -- Other historical sources -- Administrative reforms of the nineteenth century -- The legal and literary sources of english law: Legislation -- Law reports and precedents -- Text books -- The administration of justice: The royal prerogative and judicial review -- The courts -- The judiciary -- Juries -- The legal profession -- Legal aid and advice -- Civil procedure: Preliminary considerations in an action in the queen's bench division -- Commencing an action by writ -- Proceedings after acknowledgement of service -- Pleading -- Procedure from the close of pleadings to the trial -- Originating summonses, motions and petitions -- Costs and the enforcement of judgements -- Procedure in county courts -- Civil appeals -- Criminal procedure: Compelling appearance and determining mode of trial -- Trial of an indictable offence -- Appeal following trial on indictment -- Summary procedure -- Appeal following summary trial -- Outline of the law of evidence: What is evidence? -- Relevance and admissibility -- The onus of proof -- The means of proof -- Means of proof which are generally inadmissible -- Index.