Law and War - progress

My unique insight into the First World War from the perspective of the magistrates' courts is only weeks away from publication.

With a preface by His Honour Richard Seymour QC, the book covers the following:

1. Summary Justice 1914: the criminal justice system and the magistracy
   
2. Fourteen Days, with Hard Labour: crime and sentencing
   
3. Transition to War: emergency legislation
   
4. Civil, Military, and Martial Law: the relationship of the legal systems
   
5. Dear old DoRA: 'for public safety and the defence of the Realm'
   
6. The Enemy Within: the question of alien enemies and friends
   
7. Down at the Old Bush and Bush: liquor control
   
8. How Bright is 'Bright'?: air raids and lighting restrictions
   
9. What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?: military service and conscription
   
10. And what did you do, Mummy?: women, families and children
    
11. Is Tea a Food?: food control and rationing
    
12. Business as Usual: the criminal justice system and the magistrates at war
    
13. Lessons Learned: emergency legislation in the Second World War and today

'Law and War' is available from Amazon Law and War: Magistrates in the Great War