Book Reviews : The English Magistracy Frank Milton Oxford University Press Paperback 7s. 6d
| Date | 01 March 1968 |
| Author | Michael Naish |
| Published date | 01 March 1968 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056801400121 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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within
the
scope
of
this
book.
The
pro~b-
lem
of
the
&dquo;unattached&dquo;
receives
several
brief
references,
but
for
a
more
search-
ing
analysis,
we
must
refer
to
other
works,
such
as
Mary
Morse’s
paperback,
The
Unattached
(Penguin).
Similarly,
the
problem
of
dclinquent
and
disturbed
adolescents
is
not
dealt
with
in
any
depth.
Nevertheless,
this
book
is
an
authori-
tative
source
of
reference
and
informa-
tion
for
all
who
are
interested
in
young
people.
Its
price
will
not
invite
us
to
buy
personal
copies,
but
it
should
cer-
tainly
be
available
for
consultation
at
our
local
library.
D.
A.
MATHIESON
The
English
Magistracy
Frank
Milton
Oxford
University
Press
Paperback
7s.
6d.
,Happily
coinciding
with
the
author’s
appointment
as
Chief
Metropolitan
Ma-
gistrate
at
Bow
Street,
comes
this
re.
issue,
in
a
revised
edi,tion,
of
the
book
whic.h
originally
appeared
under
the
~tiale
In
Some
Authority.
I~t
-is
written
with
that
same
&dquo;wit
and
charm
with
distinction
of
thought
and
phrase&dquo;
for
which
Mr.
Milton
commends
-the
good
advocate
and
contains
an
account
of
the
colourful
history
a~nd
not
so
colour-
ful
presen~t-day
functions
of
the
lay
and
stipendiary
magistrates.
However
much
we
might
grumble
about
what
.a
parti-
cular
bench
may or
may
not
have
done
in
a
particular
case
which
concerns
us,
it
is
at
least
salutary
to
be
reminded
how
far
magistrates’
courts
have
.pro-
gressed
since
,their
low
water
mark
in
the
ea.rly
part
of
the
nineteenth
centu,ry
when
justice
could
be
as
much
a
subject
fo.r
trade
as
any
other
piece
of
merchan-
dise.
Detailed
analysis
of
a
book
which
is
not
meant
to
be
more
than
a,n
account
four
the
general
reader
of
a
complex
subject,
is
perhaps
unfair,
though
ques-
tions
about
sentencing
are
inevitably
raised
in
a
probation
ofhcer’s
mind
by
mention
made
of
the
training
of
magis-
trates.
True
it
is
that
J.P.s
are
~now
ex-
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