CONTENTS:

PART ONE: THE LEGAL SYSTEM
1. Legal Concepts and Legal Reasoning
2. Institutions of the English Legal Systems
3. Sources of Law and the Doctrine of Precedent
4. The Legal System in Operation
5. The Legal System and the European Dimension

PART TWO: CRIMINAL LAW
6. The ingredients of a Crime: Actus Reus and Mens Rea
7. Strict Liability
8. Parties to Criminal Offences
9. General Defences
10. The Inchoate Offences
11. Unlawful Homicide
12. Non Fatal Offences Against the Person
13. Offences Under The Thefts Acts 1968 and 1978

PART THREE: CONTRACT
14. Introduction
15. Offer and Acceptance
16. Consideration
17. Intention to Create Legal Relations
18. Contractual Terms
19. Misrepresentation
20. Mistake
21. Privity
22. Incapacity, Illegality, Duress and Undue Influence
23. Discharge
24. Remedies
25. Contracts for Goods and Services
26. Sales, Services and Implied Terms
27. Exemption Clauses, Unfair Terms and Unsolicited Goods
28. Manufacturers’ Liability
29. Consumer Credit