{"id":505,"date":"2025-08-21T08:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/englishlegalsystem\/?post_type=content&#038;p=505"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:35:02","slug":"chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/englishlegalsystem\/flashcards\/chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Swiper -->\n<div class=\"swiper mySwiper\">\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>Methods such as arbitration, mediation, conciliation and negotiation that people can use to resolve a dispute without the case reaching the courts, ADR offers an alternative to litigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>Chambers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>Barristers are usually self-employed, but they form organisations, known as chambers, through which they share a building, overheads and clerking services. 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Individual sets often develop their own specialisms in, for example, family law or crime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>Court of First Instance<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A court that hears a case for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>European Community (EC) Law<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The body of law that has emerged from the European Community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>European Court of Justice (ECJ)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>The judicial arm of the European Union (EU). The ECJ is an institution of the EU which hears actions brought by the European Commission against Member States for breaches of EC law and hears Art 234 References from Member State courts to clarify questions of EC law. In the field of community law, ECJ judgments overrule those of national courts. The ECJ sits at Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>European Parliament<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A directly elected body which is an institution of the European Union. It plays a significant role in the European Community legislative process, though it is not a legislative body in the same way as the UK Parliament. For example, it does not have sole law making power, though it does have an increasing role of co-decision with the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <!-- Swiper Slide -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n          <!-- Flashcard -->\n           <button class=\"flip-card\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"flip-card-inner\">\n              <div class=\"flip-card-front\"><p><p>Negotiation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n              <div class=\"flip-card-back\"><p>A resolution process whereby a compromise is made and an agreement reached between parties. 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