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Topic: English Legal System

Ministry of Justice Top choice
Lord Justice Gross: The Judicial Role Today Top choice
The English Legal System - Gary Slapper and David Kelly Companion website Top choice
UK Parliament Top choice
BBC Radio 4 Law in Action Top choice
Home Office Top choice
Law Commission Top choice
Magistrates Association
The Report of the Review of Tribunals - Sir Andrew Leggatt (2001)
Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims - Department for Constitutional Affairs (2007)
Further findings: a continuing evaluation of the civil justice reforms. Lord Chancellor's Department (2002)
PACE - Revised Codes
Implementing legal aid reform: Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report 2007 (CM 7158)
Legal Services Commission
Delivering Simple, Speedy, Summary Justice - an evaluation of the magistrates' courts tests -
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Competition in Professions - Office of Fair Trading (2001)
Judicial Appointments Commission
Judiciary of England and Wales
Judicial Appointments in England and Wales Policies and Procedure (2005)
The Bar Council
The Law Society
Her Majesty's Court Service

English Legal System – Reports

Justice, Resistance and Solidarity: Race and Policing in England and Wales Featured choice
Constitutional Reform: a new way of appointing judges (2003) Top choice
Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in England and Wales - Sir David Clementi (2004) Top choice
Jury Research and Impropriety - Department for Constitutional Affairs (2005) Top choice
A Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales - Lord Justice Auld (2001) Top choice
Legal aid: a market-based approach to reform. Lord Carter (2006) Top choice
CDS Direct: Flying in the face of the evidence - Bridges, L & Cape, E Top choice
Transforming Public Services: Complaints, Redress and Tribunals. Department for Constitutional Affairs (2004)
Court-based ADR Initiatives for Non-Family Civil Disputes: the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal - Lord Chancellor's Department - Hazel Genn (2002)
Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving transparency and privacy in family courts (2006)
Access to Justice. Department for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Woolf (1996)
Emerging Findings: an early evaluation of the Civil Justice Reforms. Lord Chancellor's Department (2001)
Lay and Judicial Perspectives on the Expansion of the Small Claims Regime. Lord Chancellor's Department. J. Baldwin (2002)
Code for Crown Prosecutors
Review of the Crown Prosecution Service (the Glidewell Report). Cm 3972, Sir Ian Glidewell, (1998)
Evaluation of the Public Defender Service in England and Wales - Bridges, L and others (2007)
Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid - Constitutional Affairs Committee (2007)
Community Legal Service: The Introduction of Contracting. HC 89 2002-03, National Audit Office (2003).
Legal Aid: a sustainable future. Department for Constitutional Affairs consultation paper (2006)

English Legal System – Commentary

Trial by Jury - Past and Present (Blackstone Lecture) Top choice
What's happening in justice? A view from England & Wales (Sir Ernest Ryder) Top choice
Videos: Hear from the judges Top choice
The Family Bar in A Digital World (12 May 2018) Top choice
Lord Justice Jackson: Was it all worth it? Top choice
Committee Corridor Top choice
Judicial Interviews with Joshua Rozenberg (Legal Biography Project) Top choice
Justice in a Modern Way (Speech by Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals)
Playing the Race Card: Is this Theresa May's cynical new strategy? [Spectator podcast]

English Legal System – Research

Jurors perceptions, understanding, confidence and satisfaction in the jury system: a study in six courts - R Matthews, L Hancock and D Briggs (Home Office) (2004) Top choice
The Judiciary in the Magistrates' Courts - Morgan, R & Russell, N Top choice
Ethic Minorities in the Criminal Courts - Hood, R, Shute, S and Seemungal, F
Reducing Offending: an assessment of research evidence on ways of dealing with offending behaviour. Home Office Research Study No. 187 directed by Chritopher Nuttall (1998)
Police stops, decision-making and practice - Quinton and others (2000)
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