Jackson's Machinery of Justice

Jackson's classic text has been revised and updated for the times.

J. R. Spencer (Author)

9780521317672, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 January 1989

560 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.81 kg

' … the work remains the classic textbook in this field for the law student, the interested layman and the foreign reader, all of whom will find a concise and remarkably accurate and readable account of the way in which justice is administered in England.' New Law Journal

First published in 1940, R. M. Jackson's Machinery of Justice in England has long been established as the classic text on the subject, unparalleled in its lucidity, breadth of treatment and critical engagement with the issues involved. For this edition, J. R. Spencer has undertaken a further full-scale revision, incorporating such major topical innovations as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984 and the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1985.

Acknowledgements
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Preface to the first edition of 'The Machinery of Justice in England'
1. Historical introduction
2. Civil jurisdiction
3. Tribunals
4. Criminal jurisdiction
5. The personnel of the law
6. The European dimension
7. The cost of the law
8. Law reform
Index.

Subject Areas: Constitutional & administrative law [LND]