• Compiles newly updated versions of Lord Woolf's most cited and talked about papers and lectures which he has written and delivered in his capacity as a judge
• Includes an introductory chapter where Lord Woolf expresses his current thinking on key legal areas of recent concern resonating from the main topics and themes in the papers
• Provides a detailed account of the main judicial and legal reforms over recent decades, illustrating Lord Woolf's personal views and contributions
• A central theme is that to do justice according to law the judiciary must deliver pragmatic decisions on the facts of each case by considering the justice of the case in question and the text of the law, demonstrating the creative nature of common law judicial decision-making
• Covers a broad range of topics including: the Rule of Law and the English Constitution; Judging, the Judiciary and the Executive; Access to Justice, Public Law and Judicial Review; Human Rights; Medical Law; Law and the Environment; Crime and Penal Reform; and Legal Education

Readership: Primary market: Civil and criminal legal practitioners; judges; academics and students both in the UK and worldwide. Secondary market: Due to the public prominence of Lord Woolf as former Lord Chief Justice, there is also a significant secondary market through trade outlets.

Lord Woolf, Former Lord Chief Justice, current Visiting Professor and Council Chairman at University College, and Christopher Campbell-Holt, Researcher at the international law firm Norton Rose LLP

"The range of subject matter is remarkable and reflects the range of his work as a judge." - Philip Havers QC, Council

"There are 26 papers in all and they are highly readable. They have been expertly edited." - Philip Havers QC, Counsel.

Chronology
Introduction
PART 1: THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM
1: A Question of Balance
2: Remedies
3: Droit Public - English Style
4: The Education the Justice System Requires Today
PART II: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE JUDICIARY
5: Magna Carta: A Precedent for Recent Constitutional Change
6: The Rule of Law and a Change in the Constitution
7: Judicial Review - The Tensions Between the Executive and Judiciary
8: Should the Media and the Judiciary be on Speaking Terms?
9: Judicial Independence Not Judicial Isolation
10: The Needs of a 21st Century Judge
11: Current Challenges in Judging
12: The Impact of Human Rights
13: Human Rights and Minorities
PART III: CRIME AND PENAL REFORM
14: The Strangeways Prison Report: Overview and Recommendations
15: Strangeways: A Decade of Change?
16: A Justice System the Community Owns
17: Do We Need a New Approach to Penal Policy?
18: Making Sense of Sentencing
PART IV: CIVIL JUSTICE
19: Access to Justice Final Report: Overview
20: Medics, Lawyers and the Courts- A Defence of the Access to Justice Recommendations
21: Are the Courts Excessively Deferential to the Medical Profession?
22: Are the Judiciary Environmentally Myopic?
23: Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
PART V: INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS
24: The International Role of the Judiciary
25: The Rule of Law and the Development of a Modern Economy in China
26: The Rule of Law and Harmony in China