Name: Citizen 16+ By Brenda Mothersole
SKU: 9780333494905
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Citizen 16+: G.C.S.E. Law and You by Brenda Mothersole

Brenda Mothersole has expanded her innovative law book to cover the GCSE syllabus, making it the ideal course book for this area. The basic principles are laid out clearly and logically. A variety of imaginative teaching methods and practical learning assignments involving communication skills are an integral feature of the book. This is a textbook which will enable students to both understand and enjoy a subject which will always play a crucial part in their daily lives.

Part 1 Society and the Law: Why do we have law?; defining the law; a classification and legal principles of the law of England and Wales; the making of law. Part 2 Coming of Age: age limits and liabilities. Part 3 Shopping - the law of buying and selling: consumer contracts and contractual capacity - invitation to treat; legal protection for the sale of goods and services; manufacturer's liability; unsolicited goods; misrepresentation; the law and the trader - exclusion clauses and unfair terms; false trading; consumer credit; a wise shopper's guide. Part 4 Going to work: a contract of employment; holiday entitlement; proper notice; termination of employment; discrimination at work; wage slips; Income Tax and National Insurance; apprenticeships and YTS; Minors' employment contracts; self-employment; accident at work; sickness entitlements; contributory negligence; health and safety at work; vicarious liability; trade unions. Part 5 No Job: at the Citizens Advice Bureau; state benefits; ways of finding work; work experience and legal rights. Part 6 Somewhere to live: rented accommodation; accommodation agencies; shared accommodation; tenants and landlords; notice to quit; housing benefits; the rent book; repairs; multi-occupation; landlord's harassment of tenants; squatting, trespass and homelessness; buying a house or flat; the conveyance; surveyor's report; leasehold and freehold property; community charge; public and private nuisance. Part 7 Family law: marriage; divorce; children; death and succession. Part 8 Citizenship and civil liberties: domicile; nationality and immigration; non-nationals in Britain; the right to move in and out of the UK; the right to vote; freedom of expression; defamation; official secrets; interception of communciatons; data protection; censorship; police powers of stop, search, seizure, arrest and detention; public order and freedom of movement and association. Part 9 Crime and punishment: elements of a crime; criminal liability; specific crimes; road traffic offences; general defences; criminal punishments; victims of crime. Part 10 Ways of seeking a remedy: out-of-court solutions; going to court.

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GOR012587739

ISBN 13

9780333494905

ISBN 10

0333494903

Title

Citizen 16+: G.C.S.E. Law and You by Brenda Mothersole

Author

Brenda Mothersole

Condition

Used - Well Read

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Cengage Learning EMEA

Year published

19901212

Number of pages

312

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N/A

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This is a used book. We do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, but there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else previously. Therefore it will show signs of wear and may be an ex library book

Citizen 16+ Brenda Mothersole

Citizen 16+ by Brenda Mothersole

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Citizen 16+ Summary

Citizen 16+: G.C.S.E. Law and You by Brenda Mothersole

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