Taking it Further
Balancing acts
Although Rowan Williams' discussion of sharia and UK law has polarised opinion, there are precedents for balancing religious and civil law.
Bank charges in the balance
Have banks been picking their customer's pockets? The High Court is charged with setting a precedent.
Want to know more about legal matters? Follow our tips for taking it further.
Weblinks
Professor Gary Slapper picks the 100 cases which changed Britain
Discover more about the role of barristers and the way they work through the official Middle Temple website
Scottish law is a totally different system to that practised in England and Wales: The Faculty of Advocates is the Scottish Bar website.
Law from OpenLearn: Free educational resources from the Open University with extracts of genuine law courses including:
Privacy Rights and the Law
Judges and the Law
Courses
If you're interested in studying the law, the Open University could be the place for you. Explore the range of courses on offer for undergraduate study of the law.
Starting with law
If you're a complete newcomer to legal studies, Starting With The Law might be perfect for you - it reveals how every day, we're interacting with the law; how the system works - and what rights it offers us.
Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law
How are laws developed? What is a legal personality and what do we mean by "unlawful conduct"? Examining both civil and criminal law, this course is a great primer for deeper legal study - or to provide a legal background with which to approach other study.
An introduction to law in contemporary Scotland
Get under the skin of Scotland's distinct legal system, the history of law in a kingdom within a kingdom, and how employment, criminal and civil law are understood and applied in modern Scotland.
Understanding law
This second-level course examines European Community law in some depth, and introduces the Foundations of Legal Knowledge – Constitutional Law, European Community Law, Criminal Law and the Law of Obligations (Contract and Tort), as well as introducing the techniques of practical legal research. Try a course taster.
Content last updated: 05/09/2008
