Jervis on the office and duties of coroners: with forms and precedents

Detailed table of contents available

• Table of cases
• Table of statues
• Table of statutory instruments
• Table of civil procedure rules
• Table of practice directions
• Table of national legislation
• Table of international conventions
• Table of chief coroner's guidance

1. General introduction
2. The office of coroner
3. Medical examiners
4. The territorial jurisdiction of coroners

        5. Beginning the investigation
        6. The scope of the investigation
        7. Information and publicity
        8. Coroner's powers before inquest
        9. Disposal of human remains

Part III The inquest 

       10. The inquest: preliminaries
       11. Procedure at the inquest: part I
       12. Procedure at the inquest: part II
       13. Determination and findings

Part IV Special cases 

       14. Homicide
       15. Notifiable accidents and prescribed diseases
       16. Treasure
       17. Major disasters

Part V After the inquest

       18. Matters after the inquiry
       19. Statutory review and judicial review
       20. Further proceedings

Part VI The international dimension

       21. Coroners and human rights
       22. Comparative death inquiry law

Part VII Appendices

1. Statues and statutory extracts
2. Statutory instruments
3. Forms 
4. Precedents for statutory review and judicial review
5. Death
6. Forensic medicine and pathology
7. Useful websites

• Index