The author of this fascinating book provides a well-researched and splendidly illustrated account of criminals and crime over the centuries - and of those who spent their lives pursuing them. Contains over 400 illustrations.

A satirical guide to the legal profession, published in 1992. Received rave reviews when first published and regarded in some quarters as a minor classic.

In this fascinating exploration of the seedy underside of Victorian London, Adrian Gray provides a rich picture of the variety of criminal activity in the city. The familiar Dickensian themes of grisly murders and ragged street urchins are joined by other dramatic cases, which show patterns of crime and illustrate the causes and effects of changes in criminal law.

Nigel Cawthorne has unearthed an extraordinary (and sometimes hilarious) collection of the most bizarre and arcane laws that have been enacted over the centuries. Some of which, incredibly are still in force! It is still illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour.

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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 collection of true stories of legal, judicial and criminal incompetence, with examples of the bizarre incompetence of some criminals and also ill-advised prosecutions where cases are thrown out of court or bring in damages worth a fraction of the legal fees.

The Law's Strangest Cases covers the Mediaeval days of trial by ordeal or battle, to death by ducking stool, burning at the stake, or similar, right up to today's worst excesses of litigation. As well as the more well-known gruesome murder cases, Peter Seddon delves into all legal disciplines such as crime, libel, negligence and unfair dismissal, to find bizarre goings on through five litigious centuries.

A history of crime and punishment in Britain over the last 200 years. It covers a wide range of historic punishments from outlawry to the ducking stool, the pillory, stocks and whirligig to the branding iron and scold's bridle.

This is the story of Regina v Dudley and Stevens - the murder trial that outlawed the custom of the sea in which members of a shipwrecked party woul draw straws to decide which of them would be eaten by the others.

He's a hiring partner at one of the world's largest law firms. Brilliant yet ruthless, he has little patience for associates who leave the office before midnight or steal sweets from the bowl on his secretary's desk. He hates holidays and paralegals. And he's just started a web-blog to tell the world about what life is really like at the top of his profession.

Several barristers practising in different fields describe in detail a typical week in their life. Advice is then given on how to be accepted into, fund and survive the various academic and other stages that precede qualification as a barrister.

In this book Jan Davies provides invaluable tips for those setting out on a career as a criminal advocate, whether as a barrister or as a solicitor with rights of audience.

'Unwritten Laws' is a wonderfully entertaining treasury of more than five hundred rules, axioms and insights, each associated with a particular individual.

Richard Du Cann's seminal work on courtroom presentation.