These three edited collections do not yet have sufficient contributers to present to a high-quality law publisher.  Therefore, I (as editor) am requesting high-quality legal-scholastic contributions from law academics who are proficient in English language.  Please give your name, title, job title, University or other institutional affiliation, e-mail address, legal specialisms and the chapter(s) which you wish to author or co-author in your comment, and please answer the questions to the legal and general aptitude quizzes below the list of edited collections.

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Dynamics of the Law: Past, Present and Future

Chapter 1 The origins of the law

Chapter 2 The development of the law: civil law systems

Chapter 3 The development of the law: common law systems

Chapter 4 The development of the law: common law/civil law mixed legal systems

Chapter 5 The development of the law: sharia

Chapter 6 The development of the law: halakah

Chapter 7 The development of the law: hybrid legal systems

Chapter 8 Private international law: certainties and doubts

Chapter 9 Public international law: how comprehensive is the settled component?

Chapter 10 Towards a global legal system: present and future

 

Disciplines of the Law: The United Kingdom

Chapter 1 One country but three legal systems: how does this work?

Chapter 2 United Kingdom law: constitutional, financial and revenue

Chapter 3 The Law of England and Wales: contract, criminal and tort

Chapter 4 The Law of Scotland: contract, criminal and delict

Chapter 5 The Law of Northern Ireland: contract, criminal and delict

Chapter 6 Commercial and company law

Chapter 7 The law of trusts and property

Chapter 8 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: coping with three interconnected jurisdictions

 

Idiosyncrasies of the Law: An Exploration

Chapter 1 Introduction: how do idiosyncrasies arise in the law?

Chapter 2 The burden of proof: to what extent does it affect justice?

Chapter 3 Witnesses and experts: to what extent do courts call them?

Chapter 4 What is a legal advocate, and how ubiquitous is this role?

Chapter 5 To what extent is the whole truth relevant to procedures in court?

Chapter 6 To what extent is the whole truth relevant to procudures of alternative dispute resolution?

Chapter 7 Crime and punishment: does sentencing reflect the offences to which it relates?

Chapter 8 Business structures in law: what elements of these are trans-jurisdictional?

 

Legal quiz

1. The English Court of Appeal was headed by which ONE of the following judges during the 1970s: (a) Lord Mansfield (b) Lord Atken (c) Lord Eldon (d) Lord Diplock (e) Lord Denning
2. The term ‘conflict of laws’ is synonymous with which ONE of the following branches of law: (a)  public international law (b) European Union law (c) private international law (d) contract law (e) law of torts
3. The term ‘alternative dispute resolution’ does NOT include which ONE of the following mechanisms for settlement: (a) negotiation (b) mediation (c) court (d) arbitration (e) conciliation
4. In CIVIL proceedings in English courts, which ONE of the following statements does NOT apply: (a) the case is filed in a county court (b) documents are exchanged prior to the time at which the case is heard (c) the burden of proof lies with the respondent (d) witnesses may be cross-examined (e) the case must be proved on the balance of probabilities
5. In CRIMINAL proceedings in English courts, which ONE of the following statements DOES apply: (a) the case may be brought directly to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal (b) on matters of fact the issue of innocence or guilt may be determined by a jury (c) the burden of proof lies with the defendant (d) witnesses may not be cross-examined (e) the case must be proved on the balance of probabilities
6. In international law, which of the following statements is FALSE: (a) the width of the territorial sea of a State that is party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is a maximium of 12 nautical miles (b) no State has jurisdiction over the high seas (c) a decision of the International Court of Justice binds any State that is a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice (d) the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 proposed the establishment of the International Trade Organization (e) the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade provided for the establishment of the World Trade Organization
7. In international law, which of the following statements is TRUE: (a) the Permanent Court of International Justice was founded in 1923 (b) the British judge Lord Finlay was on the bench for the hearing of The Lotus case at the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1927 (c) the International Court of Justice was established in 1944 (d) the first British judge on the International Court of Justice was Sir Cecil Hurst (e) Manfred Lachs holds the record for the longest-serving judge on the International Court of Justice at 26 years on the bench
8. Regarding the British judicial system, which of the following statements is FALSE: (a) a barrister of ten years’ standing may apply to be a judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (b) a solicitor of twenty years’ standing may apply to be a judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (c) teaching law in a University is ‘relevant experience’ for the purposes of applying for a post as a judge at a superior court in the United Kingdom (d) in the United Kingdom, judges who are older than 75 years’ old are not permitted to continue on the bench (e) the Court of Session is Scotland’s most senior civil court
9. Regarding the British system of advocacy, which of the following statements is TRUE: (a) holding a DCL degree from the University of Oxford or an LLD degree from the University of Cambridge permitted the holder to an audience in the civil courts prior to the Judicature Acts of the 1870s (b) no solicitor is entitled to an audience at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (c) a holder of the award of Queen’s Council (QC) will be ineligible to address courts in the United Kingdom from the point at which the next King succeeds Queen Elizabeth II as the monarch in the United Kingdom (d) the Director of Public Prosecutions is free to open a case against Her Majesty the Queen (e) it is a breach of international law for any advocate to take silk in more than two jurisdictions
10. Which of the following statments concerning the law MAY be true (please select at least one): (a) law is about property (b) a sovereignless state may enact valid laws (c) there may exist a valid legal system without a functioning society (d) European Union law exhibits some of the characteristics of a legal transplant (e) European Union law is the true successor system to Roman law

 

General Aptitude Quiz

1. What is the next number in the following sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25
2. What is the next number in the following sequence: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
3. What is the next number in the following sequence: 728, 511, 342, 215, 124
4. What is special about the number 142857?
5. Which TWO of the following animals are NOT reptiles: (a) crocodile (b) newt (c) lizard (d) turtle (e) salamander
6. Which TWO of the following animals are NOT fish: (a) dolphin (b) salmon (c) minnow (d) whale (e) sole
7. Which ONE of the following countries is NOT landlocked: (a) Kazakhstan (b) Afghanistan (c) the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d) Paraguay (e) Chad
8. The word ‘tenaciously’ uses all five vowels in the English language and also the letter ‘y’ (which can be used as a vowel).  State THREE other English words with this property.
9. The word ‘element’ contains three ‘e’s.  Can you suggest an English word with FOUR ‘e’s?  Can you suggest an English word with FIVE ‘e’s?  Can you suggest one with SIX ‘i’s?
10. The words ‘red’, ‘redd’ and ‘read’ each (can) have the same pronunciation, but they have different meanings.  Can you suggest an instance of FOUR English words of different spelling with the same pronunciation?