The first of six programmes about the current state of English law.
Devised and presented by Systems
Civil and criminal law. The hierarchy of courts. Appeals - with unique footage from inside the Royal Courts of Justice, the Master of the Rolls's Court, and the Lord Chief Justice's Court. Contrasts between English common law and continental codes; adversarial and inquisitorial systems. With Lord Hailsham
Lord Elwyn-Jones Lord Denning and Belgian professor Jan Herbots.
Film editor TERRY Williams DirectorNICK ALLMARK
Producer TONY ROBERTS (E)
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