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A general election is due in May 1997, and opinion polls suggest that after 17 years in opposition, the Labour Party is likely to form the next government, with Tony Blair as prime minister. This book examines what that would mean for law and the legal system.;26 Labour lawyers set out what aLabour government should do regarding law reform. Their proposals make a programme for reform as radical as any in Britain's history.The contributors are Lord Irvine of Lairg, QC; Jack Straw, MP; Roger Smith; Ross Cranston; Lord Williams of Mostyn, QC; Lord Archer of Sandwell, QC; Jenny Jeger, JP; Henry Hodge, OBE; Benet Hytner, QC; Professor Peter Jones; John Wadham; James Goudie, QC; Geoffrey Bindman; Rabinder Singh; KeithVaz, MP; Michael Supperstone, QC; Wendy Mantle; Maggie Rae; Andrew Dismore; Fraser Whitehead; Colin Ettinger; Martyn Day; John Hobson; Stephen Hockman, QC; and Paul Stinchcombe.