The Due Process of Law

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Description
Two central themes run through The Due Process of Law. The first is the workings of the various “measures authorised by the law so as to keep the steams of justice pure” - that is to say, contempt of court, judicial inquiries, and powers of arrest and search. The second is the recent development of family law, focusing particularly on Lord Denning's contribution to the law of husband and wife. These broad themes are elaborated through a discussion of Lord Denning's own judgments and opinions on a wide range of topics.
Lord Denning sums up in the preface the sort of case which he will describe in detail later in the book, "...topics of which I have most experience. I have chosen them also for their general interest…….. the law in which persons count. So I tell you about the cylinder of laughing gas; and the judge who talked too much; and the ship which sank without trace; and the wife who was deserted.”
These are all linked together with a lively, yet thoughtful and thought-provoking commentary, written in what Lord Hailsham has described as Lord Denning's "own distinctive, staccato, but highly readable, prose style”.
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Contents
Part One - Keeping the Streams of Justice Clear and Pure
1.    In the face of the Court
2.    The victimisation of Witnesses
3.    Refusing to answer questions
4.    Scandalisting the Court
5.    Disobedience to an order of the Court
6.    Prejudicing a fair trial
Part Two - Inquiries into Conduct
1.    Into the conduct of the judges
2.    Into the conduct of the ministers
3.    Into the conduct of the directors
4.    Into the conduct of the gaming clubs
5.    Into the conduct of the aliens
6.    Into the conduct of the lawyers
Part Three - Arrest and Search
1.    Making an arrest
2.    Making a search
3.    New procedures
Part Four - The Mareva Injunction
1.    We Introduce the Process
2.    We are reversed
Part Five - Entrance and Exits
1.    The common law about aliens
2.    Common wealth citizens
3.    Exits
Part Six - Ventures into Family Law
1.    How I learn the trade
2.    The story of emancipation
Part Seven - The Deserted Wife's Equity
1.    Invoking section 17 of the 1882 Act
2.    Invoking the aid of equity
3.    The Lords triumphant
4.    Lady summerskill takes charge
Part Eight - The Wife's Share in the Home
1.    The judges introduce it
2.    The wide principle of fairness
3.    The trust concept
4.    Where there is no financial contribution
Conclusion
Epilogue
Index
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Author Details
Rt. Hon. Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls