Legal London

Paperback, 144 pages, 235 illustrations, originally published 1999.

London has been home to more lawyers, for more centuries, than any other city on earth. Paris ran it neck-and-neck for a while, after which London romped away as the imperial capital of a legal system with Royal Courts of Justice, Inns of Court, Courts of Appeal, debtors prisons, the Old Bailey, Fleet Prison, and the Metropolitan Police.

Covering both civil and criminal aspects fo the law, this book has 235 illustrations and photographs, each fully captioned, and is accompanied by an entertaining and informative narrative. It also includes maps to show the location of the courts, Inns, prisons and other places of justice and punishment over the centuries.

'A carefully selected collection of black and white photographs with informative narrative ... some genuine gems ...' The Times