Reviews

It’s been a while since we’ve done a roundup of legal podcasts and, as the summer gives way to autumn, with new terms both legal and academic due to start soon, we thought it might be useful to look at some of the new ones and remind ourselves of some of the established favourites. … Continue reading

In Court Number One the author (who is also a practising barrister) presents an anthology of great trials from the Central Criminal Court, generally known (after the street name) as The Old Bailey, and the epicentre of the English criminal justice system in the 20th century.… Continue reading

In a guest post, Mr Justice Dingemans reviews the latest collection of short stories about the resident judge of a fictional Crown Court… Continue reading

Jon Robins anatomises a criminal appeals system that appears to prioritise public confidence over individual fairness, that only grudgingly admits miscarriages of justice and that, even then, fails to compensate its victims unless they prove the very innocence they were presumed to have had in the first place. … Continue reading

In a fascinating and instructive memoir, the former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, famed as the ‘Sheriff of Wall St’, explains the role and functions of a public prosecutor and recalls some of the most interesting cases of his career.… Continue reading

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who has changed the course of legal history in America and inspired generations of lawyers by her indomitable spirit. Paul Magrath reviews a film which charts the events in her life leading up to her first major court triumph in the continuing struggle against sex discrimination.… Continue reading

Sarah Phillimore welcomes a new edition of a text book on child protection law now aimed at a wider readership that includes parents as well as professionals, while doubting how much lay readers will really benefit from it in a system still loaded against public understanding. … Continue reading