What Next in the Law (South Asia Edition)

In planning What Next in the Law, Lord Denning 'decided to look into the future and set down some things... in the hope that they may perhaps be done by those who come after... I decided to reach forth to the reform of the law in several branches where it is in most need of reform - and where there is, or should be - a reasonable prospect of it being achieved.'

The book opens with stories of great reformers of the past: Henry Bracton, Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, William Murray and Lord Brougham. Subsequent sections detail proposals for reform in various areas of the law, trial by jury, legal aid, personal injuries, libel, privacy, and confidence. Lord Denning then discusses proposals made throughout history, including his own ideas, for a Bill of Rights. Finally, he treats the key issue of the misuse of power - a subject on which he is well known to have strong views. As in his other enormously successful books, Lord Denning draws from a wide range of sources to support his arguments, and incorporates coverage of many different cases, including that of the Russell baby, the Granada 'mole' and the case of Harriet Harman, all of which are selected because the experience of the past points the way to the future.

The book also discusses the proposals for law reform which have come from numerous Royal Commissions, Departmental Committees and Blue Books and which have all as yet been rejected by successive governments. What Next in the Law will interest not only lawyers and law students, but all who care about the future of the law, which affects the lives of all of us at some time or other.