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Legal writing in plain English. Law guidebooks using plain English which is easy to understand using clear concise plain wording. Welcome to my series of law guidebooks for beginners. The principles of criminal law are explained step-by-step with a focus on the professional applications of legal principles within the criminal justice system. The layman's guide to Irish law contains more and updated case studies. Written in a conversational tone, An Introduction to Criminal Law, is the ideal resource for lay persons or undergraduate students taking a criminal law courses. What is Criminal Law? Criminal law governs crimes. Crimes are generally referred to as offences against the state. The standard of proof for crimes is beyond a reasonable doubt. A crime is defined in law in Ireland as an act which may be punished by the State. The way in which a criminal offence is investigated and prosecuted depends on the type of crime involved. For these purposes criminal offences may be described in different ways such as: *Summary offences *Indictable offences *Minor offences *Serious offences *Arrestable offences There are two ways criminal offences can be tried in Irish law: *In the lower court (District Court) before a judge without a jury (summary). *In the higher courts (Circuit Criminal Court, Central Criminal Court) before a judge and jury (indictable). There are many legal phrases that non-lawyers don't understand. When you first start studying law the terminology (wording) or principles (rules) can be overwhelming, I have been teaching law for over 7 years and in that time I have taught mainly beginner or entry level students who have had some difficulty in the early stages of study and even faltering due to this whole new language which is the law, this textbook series was put together to help you to put the principles and terminology in plain English (ride with stabilisers) until such time as you are ready to revert to the terminology in the knowledge that you are more confident and knowledgeable and ready to ride that bike without stabilisers. The explanations in this guide are not intended to be alternatives to legal terminology, rather a head start on the legal jargon, the reader will continue to use legal phrases when necessary. These are not law textbooks per se, they are legal guides for beginners.

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An Irish writer of children's fiction and adults plain English legal and forensic psychology academic books. Teresa has been a private investigator, writer, photographer and lecturer, she backpacked around Europe with her daughter, sails a lovely boat called Baby Girl and survived a scuba diving accident. A Law lecturer and Forensic Psychologist by profession Teresa moonlights as a Private I and Author, Teresa is as comfortable writing about magic, dragons and sorcerers as forensic psychology or the legal system. Teresa in a previous life was a photojournalist, having written for many local and national papers and magazines including the Mullingar Advertiser, Irish News Review, crime.ie and Emerald Road Racing. Teresa loves to read and has favourites in the classics such as Ulysses by James Joyce, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Roddy Doyle is a long term favourite of Teresa's. If you want to connect to Teresa you can go to facebook.com/cypathia; twitter @cypathia, or if you would like to know when Teresa's next book will come out, please visit her website at teresaclyne.com, where you can sign up to receive an email when she has her next release.

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