Miller on Contempt of Court

List of contents

• Table of Cases


• Table of Statutes, Regulations and Rules


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Criminal and Civil Contempt of Court


• 3: Procedure and Jurisdiction in Cases of Criminal Contempt


• 4: Contempt in the Face of the Court


• 5: Contempt Through Interfering with Particular Legal Proceedings: Some General Considerations


• 6: The Period During Which Proceedings are Sub Judice or Active


• 7: Contempt in Relation to Particular Criminal Proceedings


• 8: Contempt in Relation to Particular Civil Proceedings and Proceedings in Tribunals


• 9: Open Justice: Reporting Judicial Proceedings


• 10: Victimization of Jurors, Witnesses, and Other Persons After the Conclusion of Proceedings


• 11: Further Miscellaneous Catagories of Contempt


• 12: Civil Contempt of Court


• Appendices


• 1: Contempt of Court Act 1981


• 2: Selected Procedural Rules


• Index

About the author

C.J. Miller, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham: the existing editor of three previous editions of this popular text with extensive experience of research and writing in this area over the course of a long and successful career in legal academia.

David Perry QC of 6KBW is described by Legal 500 as "in the very highest rank" in his field. He has appeared in most of the important criminal appeals of recent years and is regularly instructed to appear in the Supreme Court, Privy Council, and Court of Appeal. As Treasury Counsel, he has acted in a wide range of high profile criminal trials.

Summary

The fourth edition will continue to give comprehensive treatment of the issues in this broad subject area including contempt in the face of the court, civil and criminal contempt of court, against the backdrop of transformations to the media and mass communication technology in the internet age.

Product details

• Authors: C. J. (Emeritus Professor of Law Miller
• Assisted by: C.J. Miller (Editor), Miller C. J. (Editor), Perry David (Editor), David Perry Qc (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2017
• EAN: 9780198793465
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879346-5
• No. of pages: 656
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Legal Profession, Systems of law: civil codes / civil law, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct, Legal ethics and professional conduct, Legal systems: law of contempt, Civil codes / Civil law, Legal system: law of contempt