The Rule of Law in Britain from the Roman Occupation to the Present Day: The Only Liberty - 3rd Edition
His Honour Anthony Babington

This much acclaimed and scholarly work by a former Circuit Judge (and former stipendiary magistrate) charts the development of many of the most valuable institutions in Britain such as the constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy and the modern judiciary, as well as threats to the rule of law over the centuries and at the present time.

Here, Dr Hostettler examines the changes that were brought to the British legal system as a result of the Industrial Revolution opening such a gulf between rich and poor.

As with all John Hostettler’s books, this is a pleasant, easy to read narrative; the subject, however, is far from pleasant, as it shows the harsher side of punishment in the 17th and 18th centuries in England and Wales.

In this book, the author uses infamous trials to trace the course of what he describes as "Judicial Tyranny" from the early 15th Century until well into the 19th Century. Although the book hardly makes for pleasant reading, for anyone interested in the development of the criminal law and of punishment, this book makes a fascinating if at times a macabre study.

This is a selection of essays by various academics with the text edited by Dr Allan. The basis for the essays is the cannibalism of an explorer by his cave exploring colleagues; it is in essence (as one essayist remarks) a moment in the Anglo-American debate over the role of equity and natural law in statutory interpretation.

R. v. Bywaters and Thompson
Her Honour Jean Graham Hall, LLM and Gordon D. Smith, FRICS, ACIArb

A well-known (retired) Circuit Judge, and her collaborator, a Chartered Surveyor, have followed up their earlier (and most successful) book on "The Expert Witness" with a work which compares in terms of public interest. Given the identical facts, would the outcome of a trial such as R. v. Bywaters and Thompson be the same today? R. v. Bywaters and Thompson was one of the most "sensational" trials of the 20th century - a trial held at a time when hanging was very much in the forefront as upholding the draconian tradition of the English Criminal Law.

This is the second in the series of books by the present two authors comparing a case of great public interest in the 1920s with how it would be handled today in the light of subsequent changes in the law, and what would be the likely verdict in the light of advances in forensic evidence, etc.