About two thirds through this book a section heading reads ‘A Jewel Beyond Price’ or ‘A Bunch of Amateurs?’
The first is a quote from Lord Chief Justice Bingham and the second from an Open University report. Of course, the magistracy is both.… Read more “Brian P Block Review of Our Magistracy”
by John Hosking CBE
The lay magistracy is one of our greatest national institutions, a key constituent of British democracy. Together with a strong tradition of voluntary public service, it has evolved over hundreds of years to become one of the world’s most admired forms of public participation in the administration of justice.… Read more “Why we should champion our JPs”
Michael Crowley visited Australia to launch his new title The Stony Ground: The Remembered Life of Convict James Ruse. The photographs are with kind permission of Margaret McLennan (bar the last one).
Michael Crowley talks about the transported convict James Ruse and reads from his book The Stony Ground – watch now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pynSDrFGUA&t=1855s… Read more “Gallery: Stony Ground Launches”
Gladys Ambort, Criminal Classes, Joanna Kozubska, Danger Development and Adaptation, and Judith Bourne.
Seen & Heard is the latest in a line of Waterside Press publications around women, children and justice which began 25 years ago with Angela Devlin’s acclaimed Criminal Classes: Offenders at School.… Read more “Women, children and justice”
