What Next in the Law
- London ButterWorths 1982
- 352 p.
In planning What Next in the Lane, 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 the stories of great
reformers of the past - Henry Bracton, Sir
Edward Coke. Sir William Blackstone William Murray and Lord Brough Subsequent sections of the book deal y details of proposals for reform in areas of the law - trial by jury personal injuries, libel, privacy and confidence. Lord Des discusses proposals made throughout history, including his own tor a Bill of Rights. Finally he treats the key issue of the misuse of power 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 on the grounds that '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 yuhchaves yet all been rejected by successive governments.
all by the Lap will be of great interest, not only to lawyers and law ad put to all who are concerned with the future of the law which affects the lives of all of us at some time or other'.