Halsbury’s Laws of England, 4^th edition, Reissue, vol 9(2), 1998, Butterworths (this is part of a much larger work, an encyclopaedia of English law, and cannot be bought separately; it is available, by subscription, online)

Knapman and Powers, The Law and Practice on Coroners, 1985, Barry Rose (this is in fact the 3^rd edition of Thurston’s Coronership, first published in 1976) (ISBN 0-85992-355-X)

Burton, Chambers and Gill, Coroners’ Inquiries, 1985, Kluwer Law (ISBN 0-903393-79-4)

 (Note: the last two items are now very out of date, so use them with caution)

Tarling, Coroners’ Service Survey, 1998 (Research Study 181), Home Office

The Treasure Act 1996 Code of Practice, 1997, Department of National Heritage (now Culture, Media and Sport) - note that a revised Code of Practice was approved by both Houses of Parliament and will come into effect on 1 January 2003

Davies’ Law of Burial, Cremation and Exhumation, 7^th ed 2002, Shaw & Sons (ISBN 0 7219 0065 8)

Law Commission, Report No 167 on the Consolidation of the Coroners Acts, Cm178

Kavanagh, Coroners’ Rules and Statutes, 1985, Sweet & Maxwell (out of date, but contains some useful notes) (ISBN 0 421 33880 6)

Polson and Marshall, The Disposal of the Dead, 3^rd ed 1975, The English Universities Press Ltd (ISBN 0 340 16247 3)

Report of the Committee on Death Certification and Coroners (the "Brodrick Report"), 1971, Cmnd 4810, HMSO (Chapter 10 of this report, on the development of the office of coroner, also appears as Chapters 1 and 2 of Knapman and Powers, The Law and Practice on Coroners, above)

Helpern, Autopsy, 1979, Harrap (Milton Helpern, ME)

Jackson, Coroner, 1963, Harrap (Sir Bentley Purchase)

Leckey and Greer, Coroners’ Law and Practice in Northern Ireland, 1998, SLS Legal Publications (NI) (ISBN 0 85389 724 7)

Australia:

Selby (ed), The Inquest Handbook, 1998, The Federation Press (ISBN 1 86287 245 7)

Malbon, Review of Queensland Coronial Laws, 1997, Dept of Families

Waller, Coronial Law in New South Wales, 3^rd ed 1994, Butterworths Australia

Albietz’ Powers and Duties of Lay Justices of the Peace in Queensland, 8^th ed by Tronc, 1994, Law Book Co

Smith, A Manual for Coroners, 1904, Hussey & Gillingham, Adelaide

Canada:

Ontario Law Reform Commission, Report on the Law of Coroners, 1995

Granger, Chumak and Charron, The Canadian Law of Inquests, 2^nd ed 1991, The Carswell Co Ltd

Moskoff (ed), Administrative Tribunals: A Practice Handbook for Legal Counsel, 1989, Canada Law Book Co

Republic of Ireland:

Farrell, Coroners: Practice and Procedure, 2000, Round Hall Publications (ISBN 1-899738-56-8)

O’Connor, Handbook for Coroners, 1997, Old House Press, Swinford, Co Mayo (ISBN 0-9529928-0-9)