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Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers at undergraduate level through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. Contract Law Directions is a comprehensive guide, now in its fifth edition, to all aspects of contract law. It is structured in four parts. Part One looks at the creation of obligations. It considers agreement, intention to create legal regulations, and consideration and estoppel. Part Two is about contents and borders and looks at positive terms, exemption clauses and misrepresentation. Part Three examines defects in terms of mistake, duress, undue influence and unconscionable bargains. The final part explains finishing and enforcing obligations. It analyses frustration, damages, specific remedies, and privity and the interests of third partiesLess

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. Criminal Law Directions is written with an emphasis on explaining the key topics of Criminal Law courses with clarity. The book starts by offering an introduction to criminal law. It also looks at the issues of actus reus and mens rea. It goes on to consider topics such as strict, vicarious, and corporate liability; murder and voluntary manslaughter; involuntary manslaughter; non-fatal offences; and sexual offences. It moves on to look at theft, offences against property, fraud, and defences. Finally it considers inchoate offences and accessorial liability.Less

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. Criminal Law Directions is written with an emphasis on explaining the key topics of Criminal Law courses with clarity. The book starts by offering an introduction to criminal law. It also looks at the issues of actus reus and mens rea. It goes on to consider topics such as strict, vicarious, and corporate liability; murder and voluntary manslaughter; involuntary manslaughter; non-fatal offences against the person; and sexual offences. It moves on to look at theft and other offences against property, including robbery, burglary, blackmail, handling, and criminal damage. Fraud and drugs offences are then examined and general and specific defences are explored. Finally the book considers inchoate offences and accessorial liability.Less

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. This book explains the key topics covered on equity and trusts courses. The content of the text is designed to emphasise the relationship between equity, trusts, property, contract, and restitution to enable students to map out conceptual connections between related legal ideas. There is also a focus on modern cases in the commercial sphere to reflect the constantly changing and socially significant role of trusts and equity. The book starts by introducing equity and trusts. It then includes a chapter on understanding trusts, and moves on to consider capacity and formality requirements, certainty requirements, and the constitution of trusts. Various types of trusts are then examined such as purpose, charitable, and variation trusts. The book then describes issues related to trusteeship. Breach of trust is explained, as is informal trusts of land. There is a chapter on tracing, and then the book concludes by looking at equitable liability of strangers to trust and equitable doctrines and remedies. This new edition includes coverage of significant recent cases, including Futter v HMRC Futter v HMRC Commissioners; Pitt v HMRC Commissioners (2013) UK Supreme Court (on the review of trustee discretions), Prest v Petrodel (2013) UK Supreme Court (on resulting trust and statutory formalities), Day v Royal College of Music (2013) Court of Appeal (on the rule in Strong v Bird) and AG v Charity Commission Upper Tribunal (Tax And Chancery Chamber) (2012) on poverty charities. It also provides coverage of The Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013 and the Charity Commission’s 2013 official guidance on public benefit.Less

EU Law Directions explains the key topics and developments in this fast-paced and increasingly important subject area. Based on over thirty years’ experience teaching and examining EU law, this book provides a student-friendly text which is readable without compromising on academic quality. The text is easy to follow with useful features throughout such as case summaries, key definitions, and diagrams. Cross-references and end-of-chapter summaries demonstrate how topics link together and enable students to quickly build up a comprehensive understanding of EU law. The text is clearly broken down into logical sections, guiding students through institutional, procedural, and substantive law while considering the law from a European as well as a UK perspective. A clear and uncomplicated writing style ensures students new to EU law quickly grasp the central elements of the subject. This book has been fully revised in this new edition to take account of new legislative and case law developments, in particular relating to the free movement of persons and equality law. This new edition includes a full consideration of the impact of the Lisbon Treaty, including changes to Article 263 TFEU; discussion of the UK 2011 EU Act; consideration of the latest case law, in particular the growing post-Keck cases in the free movement of goods; and new and expanded case summaries. This edition also sees the inclusion of an introductory chapter on Competition policy and law.Less

EU Law Directions explains the key topics and developments in this fast-paced and increasingly important subject area. Based on 35 years’ experience teaching and examining European Union (EU) law, this book provides a student-friendly text which is readable without compromising on academic quality. The text is easy to follow, with useful features throughout such as case summaries, key definitions, and diagrams. Cross-references and end-of-chapter summaries demonstrate how topics link together and enable students to quickly build up a comprehensive understanding of EU law. The text is clearly broken down into logical sections, guiding students through institutional, procedural, and substantive law from a European perspective, as well as taking into account the fast-moving events in the UK generated by the result of the Brexit referendum. A clear and uncomplicated writing style ensures students new to EU law quickly grasp the central elements of the subject. This book has been fully revised in this new edition to take account of new legislative and case law developments, in particular relating to the free movement of persons and equality law. This new edition includes a full consideration of the impact of the Lisbon Treaty, including changes to Article 263 TFEU; consideration of the latest case law, in particular the growing post-Keck cases in the free movement of goods; and new and expanded case summaries. This edition also includes an introductory chapter on competition policy and law.Less

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Self-test questions and exam questions help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. Human Rights Law Directions has been written expressly to guide you through your study of human rights law, and to clearly and concisely explain the key areas of this fascinating subject. Combining academic quality with innovative learning features and online support, this is an ideal text for those studying human rights law for the first time. This fourth edition has been fully updated with key developments in human rights law, including: discussion, in so far as information allows, of the repeal of the Human Rights Act and its replacement with a British Bill of Rights (this will be updated through the ORC); the ECtHR case law on unlawful rendition; deportation and human rights; the impact of human rights on warfare and the condition of British troops abroad; the cuts in legal aid; the impact of article 8 on abortion and assisted suicide; concerns over surveillance and communications data and the impact of human rights law on controversies over religious dress (such as the burqa ban in France). There are updates to the Online Resource Centre, which include a subject-specific glossary and the text of the Human Rights Act.Less

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. Intellectual Property Law Directions focuses on the practical issues of United Kingdom intellectual property law at the same time as demonstrating how the subject is being shaped by outside forces. This edition includes the latest ECtHR and UK case law developments on breach of confidence and privacy. The text also explains the latest EPO decisions on the patenting of biological processes and the latest EPO/CJEU cases on patenting human embryonic stem cells. It looks at the likely impact of the introduction of unitary patent protection in the EU. The title considers the latest UK Supreme Court decisions on patent infringement, remedies for patent infringement, and originality in copyright. The new edition also looks at changes to the CDPA concerning the duration of protection for industrially exploited artistic works, the duration of protection for sound recordings and performances, and the amendment of defences to copyright infringement as a result of the Hargreaves Report. The EU’s proposed amendments to the Trade Marks Directive and to the Community Trade Mark Regulation are also covered. Finally, the work examines the latest case developments from UK and EU courts on the protection for and infringement of copyright, design right, and trademarks.Less

Land Law Directions provides engaging and straightforward explanations of difficult concepts. Case summaries, photographs, and examples are used throughout to provide real-life context and to clarify abstract ideas, while diagrams and definitions ensure the text is easy to follow and that key points are understood. The book provides a full range of resources designed to help build upon and further existing understanding, including thinking points, end of chapter questions, and tips on linking topics together. A final chapter pulls together key details from each chapter, showing how topics link together and apply to a fictional piece of land. An additional separate chapter focuses on preparing for exams, offering advice on approaching assessment questions and revision technique. This edition includes discussion of the Supreme Court decision in Scott v. Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd [2014] UKSC 52 (also known as the Re North East Buyers Property Litigation) and the Court of Appeal decision in Credit & Mercantile Plc v. Kaymuu Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 655, both of which raise some interesting and controversial issues in the areas of co-ownership and mortgages. New cases on registration of title include Swift 1st Ltd v. Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 330 which held that the innocent transferee under a forged transfer does have the protection of LRA 2002, s. 26, and Gold Harp Properties Ltd v. MacLeod [2014] EWCA Civ 1084 which considered the effect of rectification of the register on priority of interests.Less

Land Law Directions provides engaging and straightforward explanations of difficult concepts. Case summaries, photographs, and examples are used throughout to provide real-life context and to clarify abstract ideas, while diagrams and definitions ensure the text is easy to follow and that key points are understood. The book provides a full range of resources designed to help build upon and further existing understanding, including thinking points, end of chapter questions, and tips on linking topics together. A final chapter pulls together key details from each chapter, showing how topics link together and apply to a fictional piece of land. An additional separate chapter focuses on preparing for exams, offering advice on approaching assessment questions and revision technique. This edition includes a new chapter on proprietary estoppel, and consolidation of the law on land registration into one chapter (4). New cases covered include Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 238; [2017] 2 P & CR DG8 (CA (Civ Div)) on rights of recreation as easements which pass with the land to each successive owner; Gore v Naheed & Ahmed [2017] EWCA Civ 369, which considered the old rule in Harris v Flower in relation to easements of way; Smith v Molyneaux [2016] UKPC 35 on unilateral permission/licences in adverse possession.Less

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. This book covers all the core areas of tort law, combining an engaging approach with plenty of learning features. It provides a detailed introduction to the key principles of tort law, and illustrates the points of law through discussions of important court cases. Key cases are discussed to illustrate the main principles of tort law; they help to bring the subject to life, allowing students to see how the law operates in practice. This new edition of the text includes increased focus on the influence of human rights on tort law. It is fully updated with recent case law highlighting how quickly tort law is developing particularly in areas of negligence, reforms to the law of defamation, liability, privacy, and limitation. Key cases from 2013 are highlighted such as Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society (2013) on vicarious liability and Tamiz v Google Inc (2013) on the liability of website operators.Less

Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help readers to engage fully with each subject and check their understanding as they progress. This book covers all the core areas of tort law, combining an engaging approach with plenty of learning features. It provides a detailed introduction to the key principles of tort law, and illustrates the points of law through discussions of important court cases. Key cases are discussed to illustrate the main principles of tort law; they help to bring the subject to life, allowing students to see how the law operates in practice. This new edition of the text includes increased focus on the influence of human rights on tort law. It is fully updated with recent case law highlighting how quickly tort law is developing particularly.Less