Law's Future(s)

David Hayton is Professor of Law at King's College,London.

• British university law schools in the twenty-first century, Anthony Bradney and Fiona Cownie; legal system and procedure, Sir Richard Scott; self-regulation and the future of the profession, Alan Paterson; constitutional and human rights law, Conor Gearty and Adam Tomkins; legislative devolution and legal diversity - the Northern Ireland dimensions, Desmond Greer and Brigid Hadfield; 2001 - a Scots lawyer's odyssey, Laura MacGregor and Joe Thomson; European legal studies, then and now, Jo Hunt and Jo Shaw; community competition law - notification and individual exemption - goodbye to all that, Richard Whish and Brenda Sufrin; the conflict of laws, Jonathan Harris and David McClean; public law, Stephen Bailey and Nicholas Bamforth; environmental law, Tim Jewell and Colin Reid; labour law, Keith Ewing and Gillian Morris; company law, John Birds and John Parkinson; socio-legal studies, Sally Wheeler and Phil Thomas; commercial law, Sarah Worthington and Roy Goode; consumer law into the next millennium - a serious service fault?, John Lowry and David Oughton; criminal law, Richard Card and Andrew Ashworth; character evidence and criminal procedure, John Jackson and Martin Wasik; does medical law have a future?, Margaret Brazier and Nicola Glover; family law's futures, Rebecca Bailey-Harris and Judith Masson; unjust enrichment, Kit Barker and Lionel Smith; land law and trusts, Elizabeth Cooke and David Hayton.

Lord Slynn of Hadley is right to state in his Foreword to the book that 'There is something for everyone'. To anyone coming from a foreign jurisdiction and familiar with the basic concepts of English law, the contributions provide very useful information on recent developments. Jan Smits Legal Studies September 2002 This form of scholarly speculation based on profound expertise provides a stimulating and illuminating approach. Jules Winterton, University of London International Journal of Legal Information February 2003