Law Made Simple

David L. A. Barker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040640579
• Topic: Law
• Index: Law

Now in its fifteenth edition, Law Made Simple is the perfect introduction to the English Legal System and combines an overview of both the legislation and case law relating to all the foundation subjects, including Contract, Torts, Land, Trusts, Criminal, Public and EU. Fully updated, this book acts as a clear and concise guide for students studying law at any level, and takes into account developments across the curriculum. With that in mind, this edition includes additional questions and examples of the law in practice. It is suitable for students studying law at A-Level, or as an excellent background for students thinking of embarking on the study of law or a related course at degree level.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Table of cases
• Table of legislation
• Table of statutory instruments
• Table of European law
• Table of abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Sources of English law
• 3 The courts today
• 4 Procedure
• 5 The judiciary, law officers and the legal profession
• 6 Human rights and the law of persons
• 7 The law of contract
• 8 The law of torts
• 9 Trusts
• 10 The law of property
• 11 Succession
• 12 Criminal law
• 13 European Union law
• Appendix 1: Glossary of terms
• Appendix 2: Examination technique
• Appendix 3: List of abbreviations: law reports
• Index