Darbyshire on the English Legal System

Author: Penny Darbyshire

Price: £24.95

Edition: 9th Edition (September 2008)

ISBN: 978-1-84703-234-8

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For many undergraduates, university will often be the first time that they study law.  Most, if not all, universities therefore teach introduction to law (or a similar module) during the first semester whilst students often tackle, at the same time, subjects like criminal and contract law.  To fully understand these discrete topics, students need to understand the basics.  Darbyshire on the English Legal System allows just this.

Written by an experienced academic lawyer with an obvious passion for the law, Darbyshire on the English Legal System is broken up into six parts: sources of law; institutions; procedures; professionals in the law; laypeople in the law; and access to justice.  By breaking up the material in this way, the author ensures that the points achieve their maximum impact.  Importantly, if the topic is expanded upon elsewhere the author often refers the reader to the chapter or section of the text.

Darbyshire on the English Legal System is lucidly and accessibly written meaning that undergraduates can use it as a thorough and thought-provoking account of the English Legal System and more experienced lawyers can use it to revisit the important principles.  Darbyshire also raises, where appropriate, issues of debate or wider consideration.  For example, when discussing the Court structure she mentions the important forthcoming changes to the structure and name of the House of Lords.

For anyone tackling law for the first time or looking for a text to brush up their knowledge of the principles of the English Legal System, they should look no further than Darbyshire on the English Legal System.  It is a thoroughly impressive text being well-written and researched whilst, at the same time, providing an accessible and thought-provoking account meaning it can be read by lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

Reviewed on 8 March 2009

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