Fourteen essays on major theoretical issues in contemporary criminal law and medical law ethics.

1. Glanville Llewelyn Williams, 1911-97: a biographical note Peter Glazebrook; 2. Glanville's inspiration George P. Fletcher; 3. Preventive orders and the rule of law Andrew Ashworth; 4. The specialness of the general part of the criminal law Michael S. Moore; 5. Four distinctions that Glanville Williams did not make: the practical benefits of examining the interrelation among criminal law doctrines Paul H. Robinson; 6. Reflections on Dudley and Stephens and killing the innocent: taking a wrong conceptual path Joshua Dressler; 7. Intention revisited Antony Duff; 8. A disintegrated theory of culpability Andrew Simester; 9. Sir Michael Foster, Professor Williams and complicity in murder Sir Roger Toulson; 10. Mental disorder and sexual consent: Williams and after John Stanton-Ife; 11. Williams v. Kamisar on euthanasia: a classic debate revisited John Keown; 12. The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world Penney Lewis; 13. The duty to preserve life and its limits in English criminal law Antje du Bois-Pedain; 14. Professing criminal law A. T. H. Smith.