Alison Brammer is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Keele.Jane Boylan is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Keele.

• Introduction; Jane Boylan and Alison Brammer1. Social work values, the law and the courts Jonathan Dickens2. Anti–Oppressive Practice and the Law Beverley Burke and Jane Dalrymple3. Care, vulnerability and the law Jonathan Herring4. Critical Issues in Social Work Law: Coercion in Social Care Robert Johns5. Child Protection Kim Holt6. Hastening slowly: does the law promote or frustrate timely adoption from care? Sally Dowding7. The Changing Face of Youth Justice Martin Wasik8. Vulnerable and intimidated witnesses: Special measures, competence, consent and cross-examination Penny Cooper9. Human Trafficking and Social Work Law Tom Obokata10. Good Review? Good Question. Margaret Flynn and Hilary Brown.