'Failing mental health'
Clive Coleman visits the mental health court pilot in Brighton and takes a wider look at Mental Health Treatment orders. Are people being identified early enough?

'Too much criminal legislation'
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald QC says Parliament should 'back off' and leave criminal justice alone.

Lord Chief Justice
Lord Igor Judge gives his first interview since taking up the post, discussing sentencing, overcrowding, and justice in the civil courts.

Irish redress scheme
People who were abused as children in schools run by Catholic religious orders may get justice.

Joint enterprise
How can you convict someone of murder when there is no evidence as to who inflicted the fatal wound?

Body ownership
BBC Law in Action examines the legal complexities of who owns your body - you or the state?

Too young to be a criminal?
Law in Action returns to ask at what age should children be held criminally responsible

Trusting the young
How police are tackling the roots of gun and knife crime by creating a new generation of young black leaders

Mosley v UK
Law In Action speaks to Max Mosley about his determination to see a radical overhaul of UK privacy laws

Jailhouse revolution
Signs of change for the world’s largest prison system as America starts to reform its “universities of crime”

A world without lawyers?
Tougher competition and new technology promise radical change for both the legal profession and for consumers

Just Parking
Does the parking fine system depend on drivers being too lazy to contest tickets that have been issued wrongly?

Crime and the Crunch
Will the recession mean a drop in the rate of crime - or will it instead change the type of crimes committed?

Leisure cyclists or law breakers?
When does a mass cycle ride turn into a political demonstration – and do the cyclists need police permission?

Sharia and England
How plausible is the claim that the medieval Islamic world influenced the 12th Century foundations of English common law?