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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 | |