Scope and Contents Correspondence principally between Hamson and the BBC concerning a series of five talks planned by Hamson which compared and contrasted the administration of justice in England and France. Hamson gave the first three talks: ‘The Civil Process’, ‘The Prosecution of the Accused’, and ‘Administrative Justice’ which were broadcast on 23 February, 2 and 9 March 1955. The remaining two talks were to be given by Monsieur André Bertrand, Directeur des Etudes, Ecole Nationale d’Administration, and...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Lord Patrick Devlin and Hamson on various subjects including commentary on legal matters, an invitation from Hamson for Devlin to participate in the BBC ‘Law in Action’ series (1955), Hamson’s reflections on his visiting professorship at the University of Michigan during the 1957 Spring Semester and the trial of John Bodkin Adams over which Devlin presided (1957), Devlin’s description and appreciation of social arrangements facilitated by Hamson during Devlin’s visit...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Charles Hamson and various others concerning the case of Rookes v. Barnard. The correspondence falls into three discrete elements.The first is concerned with Hamson’s response to an article by Kenneth William (Bill) Wedderburn on the case of Rookes v. Barnard published in the ‘Modern Law Review’ Vol. 24, p.572 in September 1961 and responses to Hamson’s own article ‘Intimidation: A note on Rookes v. Barnard’ published in ‘The Cambridge Law Journal’ in November...