| Acknowledgements | p. viii |
| List of figures | p. ix |
| List of tables | p. x |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Preface to the first edition of 'The Machinery of Justice in England' | p. xiii |
| Abbreviations | p. xv |
| Historical introduction | |
| The courts | p. 3 |
| The common law | p. 11 |
| Trial at common law | p. 19 |
| Civil jurisdiction | |
| Civil law and criminal law | p. 27 |
| County courts | p. 30 |
| The High Court | p. 36 |
| The Queen's Bench Division | p. 43 |
| Ordinary civil actions | p. 43 |
| Commercial cases: the Commercial Court | p. 44 |
| The Admiralty Court | p. 46 |
| Appellate jurisdiction | p. 47 |
| Supervisory jurisdiction | p. 48 |
| The Chancery Division | p. 51 |
| The Family Division | p. 56 |
| The mode of trial | p. 69 |
| Complaints about the civil courts | p. 79 |
| The enforcement of judgments and orders | p. 86 |
| The Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords | p. 90 |
| The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council | p. 98 |
| Arbitration | p. 101 |
| Tribunals | |
| The creation of tribunals | p. 107 |
| The Franks Committee | p. 112 |
| Tribunals today | p. 118 |
| Adjudication under the social security system | p. 119 |
| The National Health Service | p. 123 |
| Mental Health Review Tribunals | p. 124 |
| Industrial tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal | p. 127 |
| Immigration appeals | p. 131 |
| Rent Tribunals and Rent Assessment Committees | p. 133 |
| The Lands Tribunal | p. 135 |
| Tax Commissioners | p. 136 |
| Professional and other organisations | p. 137 |
| The Restrictive Practices Court | p. 138 |
| Royal Commissions and committees of inquiry | p. 141 |
| The distinction between ministers' decisions, tribunals and law courts | p. 144 |
| Control by the law courts | p. 152 |
| The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration | p. 164 |
| Criminal jurisdiction | |
| Courts with original criminal jurisdiction | p. 171 |
| The Crown Court | p. 176 |
| Magistrates' courts | p. 183 |
| Coroners' Courts | p. 194 |
| Courts with appellate criminal jurisdiction | p. 197 |
| The process of prosecution | p. 213 |
| Investigation and interrogation: the police | p. 217 |
| The Crown Prosecution Service | p. 227 |
| The decision to prosecute | p. 237 |
| The position of the defendant | p. 240 |
| Legal advice and representation | p. 241 |
| Knowing the case that must be met | p. 245 |
| Bail | p. 248 |
| Criminal procedure | p. 255 |
| Guilty pleas - plea bargaining | p. 260 |
| The rules of criminal evidence | p. 265 |
| The place of the victim | p. 268 |
| The process of sentencing (including probation) | p. 272 |
| Juvenile courts | p. 305 |
| The matrimonial jurisdiction of magistrates - the Domestic Court | p. 317 |
| The personnel of the law | |
| Solicitors | p. 327 |
| Barristers | p. 336 |
| Legal education | p. 345 |
| Should the profession continue to be divided into barristers and solicitors? | p. 353 |
| Judges | p. 362 |
| Juries | p. 382 |
| Lay justices and stipendiary magistrates | p. 402 |
| The appointment of justices | p. 404 |
| The training of justices | p. 408 |
| The retirement and removal of justices | p. 410 |
| Stipendiary magistrates | p. 412 |
| Justices' clerks and court clerks | p. 415 |
| The Magistrates' Association | p. 419 |
| The administration of the courts | p. 421 |
| The European dimension | |
| The European Convention on Human Rights | p. 429 |
| The European Economic Community | p. 434 |
| The impact of Europe on the English legal system | p. 440 |
| The cost of the law | |
| The finances of the law courts | p. 443 |
| 'Costs' | p. 449 |
| Legal aid | p. 463 |
| Legal advice and assistance | p. 464 |
| Legal aid for proceedings in civil courts | p. 468 |
| Legal aid in criminal proceedings | p. 473 |
| The duty solicitor scheme | p. 479 |
| Future prospects for legal aid | p. 482 |
| Law reform | |
| The process of law reform | p. 493 |
| The minister responsible | p. 497 |
| Deciding what needs to be done | p. 499 |
| Getting the proposals enacted | p. 506 |
| The Report of the Civil Justice Review | p. 511 |
| Table of Cases cited | p. 520 |
| Table of Statutes cited | p. 523 |
| Table of Stationery Office publications cited | p. 527 |
| Index | p. 534 |
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