The aim of this competition to select the best verbal reasoning question.

Winners of this competition will be sent a copy of this book which I will pay for personally. Gary and David (authors) have nothing to do with the idea or implementation of this competition. Also, the winning answers will be put into the databank of questions of the Legal Recruit platform, an independent website for law students to practice online verbal reasoning skills. This platform is not affiliated with any other entity (including law firms or law education providers.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The English Legal System 2012 – 2013

Gary Slapper is Professor of Law, and Director of the Centre for Law, at The Open University, and writes a legal column for The Times. David Kelly was Principal Lecturer in Law at Staffordshire University.

Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System explains and critically assesses how our law is made and applied. Annually updated, this authoritative textbook clearly describes the legal rules of England and Wales and their collective influence as a sociocultural institution.

This latest edition of The English Legal System presents and analyses changes made to the legal system by the coalition government, and digests recent legislation and case law. The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, the Crime and Security Act 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, new European law, and the latest decisions of the Supreme Court are all incorporated into the text, and this edition also digests recent research on the work of juries and the criminal courts, and the 2011 changes to the regulation of, and Government contributions towards, legal services.

Key learning features include:

• a clear and logical structure with short, manageable, well-structured individual chapters;
• useful chapter summaries which act as a good check point for students;
• sources for further reading and suggested websites at the end of each chapter to point students towards further learning pathways;
• an online skills network including how tos, practical examples, tips, advice and interactive examples of English law in action.

Relied upon by generations of students, Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System is a permanent fixture in this ever evolving subject.

Competition rules

1. The subject of the verbal reasoning question must be in one of 15 subject areas:  biology, business, economics, education, engineering, environment, geography, geology, health and safety, human relations, medicine, modern languages, physics, technology, and transport.

2. The passage must be written in perfect English, using correct spelling and grammar, and contain sentences of reasonable length. It must not have any political nature, nor potentially or actually offend any laws of the UK.

3. The passage should be around 130 words, and be followed by two statements. These statements should either be clearly true, clearly false, or neither clearly true nor clearly false. A definite answer should be produced for each of the two statements, with an uncontroversial explanation as to the answer.

4. An individual can make more than competition entry. However, all passages and pair of questions/answers should be consistent with rules 1-3 above.

5. By entering this competition, you agree to the questions/answers being used, if it is correctly set,  on the online Legal Recruit platform; and you also share copyright for the material with Legal Recruit.

6. The judge’s decision is final. This competition will conclude 5 pm June 30 2012. Entries must be made by email to enquiries@legal-recruit.org