Copyright details -- Also by John Hostettler -- Contents -- The Author of the Foreword -- Foreword by Lord Steyn -- Chronology -- About the author -- Introduction -- The Rule of Law and Parliamentary Supremacy -- Bonham's Case -- A. V. Dicey -- Constitutional Reform Act 2005 -- Human Rights -- Death and Torture -- Conclusion -- Sir Edward Coke -- Early Steps to the Rule of Law -- Attorney-General -- Early Life -- Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas -- The Common Law -- Coke on Torture -- Coke and Trial by Jury -- Undermining the Prerogative -- Opposition to the King -- Remonstrance for Liberty -- Personal Liberty -- The Petition of Right -- Conclusion -- Sir Matthew Hale -- Background -- "Not Daunted by Theatening" -- The Hale Commission and Law Reform -- Humanitarian -- Rules for a Judge -- Witchcraft -- Constructive Treason -- Trial by Jury -- "Ruins of Time" -- Conclusion -- Magna Carta and Habeas Corpus -- Magna Carta and Sir Edward Coke -- Due Process of Law -- Habeas Corpus -- Cesare Beccaria -- Unsung Genius -- Inquisitorial Trial -- Cri de Coeur -- Watershed -- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -- Torture -- Capital Punishment -- Attacks on Beccaria -- "Electrical Effect" -- Death -- Current Issues -- Thomas Jefferson -- Family and Youth -- Profession of Law -- Virginia -- Jefferson and the Rule of Law -- Trial by Jury -- Death -- Jeremy Bentham -- Science of Law -- Law Reform -- Opposition to the Death Penalty -- Torture -- Analysis of Punishment -- Death -- Thomas Erskine -- England's foremost advocate -- Family background -- Youth -- Freedom of the Press -- The Indian Chief -- Spellbinding Eloquence -- John Frost -- Trial of Tom Paine -- Treason Trials -- Lord Chancellor -- Sequel -- Sir Samuel Romilly -- Self-effacing -- Background -- Death Penalty -- Severity -- Judicial Discretion -- Parliamentary Crusade.

Conclusion -- Sir William Garrow -- "Billingsgate Boy" -- Old Bailey Practice and Changing the Law -- Savage Cross-Examination -- Adversary Trial and the Rule of Law -- Human Rights -- Assessment -- Criminal Law Commissioners -- Terror and Legitimacy -- The Criminal Law Commissioners -- Inspiration -- Prisoners' Counsel Act -- Death Penalty -- Parliamentary Response -- Conclusion -- Terrorism and Civil Liberties -- Tony Blair: The Rule of Law versus Parliamentary Supremacy -- The United States -- Guantánamo Bay -- Waterboarding -- Extraordinary Rendition -- Summing Up -- Coke - "The Oracle of the Laws of England" -- Matthew Hale -- Cesare Beccaria -- Thomas Jefferson -- Jeremy Bentham -- Thomas Erskine -- Samuel Romilly -- William Garrow -- The Criminal Law Commissioners -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Breaching the Rule of Law -- London -- Belfast Murder Trial -- Arms Factory Raid -- Flogging in Aden -- Select Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Journals and Newspapers -- Books and Articles -- Index.