John Hostettler

John Hostettler is one of the UK’s most acclaimed authors on English legal history and legal biography, whose works span a wide range of related topics. He was a practising solicitor in London for thirty-five years as well as undertaking political and civil liberties cases in Nigeria, Germany and Aden. His earlier books include several biographical and historical works and his books for Waterside Press include: Champions of the Rule of Law (2011); Sir William Garrow (2010); Thomas Erskine and Trial by Jury (2010); Cesare Beccaria (2010); A History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales (2009);The Criminal Jury Old and New;Fighting for Justice -The History and Origins of Adversary Trial; andHanging in the Balance - A History of the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Britain (with Dr Brian P. Block).