Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Shona Wilson Stark---Fifty Years of the Law Commissions : The Dynamics of Law Reform Now, Then and Next / Lady Hale -- Introduction / Lord Hodge -- Strategies of the Early Law Commission / Paul Mitchell -- Fifty Years of Law Reform---A Note on the Northern Ireland Style / Neil Faris -- Working on the Larger Canvas---Law Reform in a Federal System : Thoughts on Forty Years of the Australian Law Reform Commission / Kathryn Cronin -- Law Reform and Social Policy / Eric Clive -- Introduction / Lord Beith -- Memoir of a Reforming Chairman / Sir Terence Etherton -- The Duty to Make the Law More Accessible? The Two C-Words / George L Gretton -- The Former Law Commission of Canada : The Road Less Travelled / Yves Le Bouthillier -- The Law Commission and the Criminal Law : Reflections on the Codification Project / Ian Dennis -- Introduction / Lord Carnwath -- Democracy, Law Reform and the Rule of Law / Lord Toulson -- Promoting Law Reform : By Means of Draft Bills or Otherwise / Shona Wilson Stark -- Law Commissions, Courts and Society : A Sceptical View / William Binchy -- A Good Name, a Long Game / Laura Dunlop -- Introduction / Dame Mary Arden -- The Legislative Implementation of Law Reform Proposals / Sir Grant Hammond -- Post-legislative Scrutiny, Legislative Drafting and the `Elusive Boundary' / Andrew Burrows -- Reflections on Statutory Implementation in the Law Commission / Nicholas Paines -- Implementation by Statute : What the Future Holds / Hector MacQueen -- Introduction / Sir James Munby -- The Law Commission Method : Exportable to the EU? / Hugh Beale -- How Law Commissions Work : Some Lessons from the Past / David Johnston -- Challenges for Independent Law Reformers from Changing External Priorities and Shorter Timescales / Sir Jack Beatson -- The Bill's Progress / Stephen Lewis --Introduction / Lord Drummond Young -- The Etiquette of Law Reform / James Lee -- Law Reform in Private Law : The Role of Statutes in Supplementing or Supplanting the Common Law / Barbara McDonald -- The Refiner's Fire / Charles Harpum -- Reflections on the Courts and the Commission / David Ormerod -- Introduction / Elizabeth Cooke -- The Scottish Law Commission and the Future of Law Reform in Scotland / Lord Pentland -- Looking to the Future / Sir David Lloyd Jones -- Commissioning the Future -- A Chief Executive's Perspective / Elaine Lorimer -- Implementation of Law Reform Reports : Developments in Scotland / Malcolm McMillan -- The Future is a Foreign Country, They Do Things Differently There / Matthew Dyson -- Making Law---Who, How and What? / KJ Keith.