Editorial

摘要

The issue opens with a fascinating piece of research relating to the critical role of the court clerk in Crown Courts. As the author, Dvora Liberman, explains in the abstract for this article, "it is surprising that even though Crown Court clerks have been pivotal in trials of the most serious criminal offences, they have been neglected in legal scholarship". Her research looks at their vital work for a period between 1972 and 2015. The project was conducted in partnership with the London School of Economics Legal Biography Project and National Life Stories, British Library.