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| Acknowledgements | |
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| List of figures | |
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| List of tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Preface to the first edition of 'The Machinery of Justice in England' | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Historical introduction | |
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| The courts | |
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| The common law | |
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| Trial at common law | |
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| Civil jurisdiction | |
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| Civil law and criminal law | |
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| County courts | |
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| The High Court | |
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| The Queen's Bench Division | |
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| Ordinary civil actions | |
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| Commercial cases: the Commercial Court | |
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| The Admiralty Court | |
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| Appellate jurisdiction | |
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| Supervisory jurisdiction | |
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| The Chancery Division | |
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| The Family Division | |
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| The mode of trial | |
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| Complaints about the civil courts | |
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| The enforcement of judgments and orders | |
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| The Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords | |
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| The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council | |
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| Arbitration | |
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| Tribunals | |
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| The creation of tribunals | |
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| The Franks Committee | |
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| Tribunals today | |
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| Adjudication under the social security system | |
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| The National Health Service | |
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| Mental Health Review Tribunals | |
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| Industrial tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal | |
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| Immigration appeals | |
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| Rent Tribunals and Rent Assessment Committees | |
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| The Lands Tribunal | |
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| Tax Commissioners | |
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| Professional and other organisations | |
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| The Restrictive Practices Court | |
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| Royal Commissions and committees of inquiry | |
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| The distinction between ministers' decisions, tribunals and law courts | |
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| Control by the law courts | |
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| The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration | |
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| Criminal jurisdiction | |
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| Courts with original criminal jurisdiction | |
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| The Crown Court | |
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| Magistrates' courts | |
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| Coroners' Courts | |
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| Courts with appellate criminal jurisdiction | |
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| The process of prosecution | |
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| Investigation and interrogation: the police | |
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| The Crown Prosecution Service | |
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| The decision to prosecute | |
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| The position of the defendant | |
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| Legal advice and representation | |
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| Knowing the case that must be met | |
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| Bail | |
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| Criminal procedure | |
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| Guilty pleas - plea bargaining | |
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| The rules of criminal evidence | |
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| The place of the victim | |
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| The process of sentencing (including probation) | |
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| Juvenile courts | |
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| The matrimonial jurisdiction of magistrates - the Domestic Court | |
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| The personnel of the law | |
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| Solicitors | |
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| Barristers | |
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| Legal education | |
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| Should the profession continue to be divided into barristers and solicitors? | |
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| Judges | |
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| Juries | |
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| Lay justices and stipendiary magistrates | |
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| The appointment of justices | |
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| The training of justices | |
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| The retirement and removal of justices | |
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| Stipendiary magistrates | |
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| Justices' clerks and court clerks | |
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| The Magistrates' Association | |
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| The administration of the courts | |
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| The European dimension | |
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| The European Convention on Human Rights | |
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| The European Economic Community | |
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| The impact of Europe on the English legal system | |
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| The cost of the law | |
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| The finances of the law courts | |
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| 'Costs' | |
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| Legal aid | |
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| Legal advice and assistance | |
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| Legal aid for proceedings in civil courts | |
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| Legal aid in criminal proceedings | |
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| The duty solicitor scheme | |
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| Future prospects for legal aid | |
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| Law reform | |
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| The process of law reform | |
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| The minister responsible | |
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| Deciding what needs to be done | |
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| Getting the proposals enacted | |
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| The Report of the Civil Justice Review | |
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| Table of Cases cited | |
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| Table of Statutes cited | |
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| Table of Stationery Office publications cited | |
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| Index | |