With many other distinguished scholars, contributions would inevitably gather closely around a particular branch of the law. It is a mark of the range of Colin Tapper's scholarship that these essays span evidence, intellectual property, computer law and computer applications.

Silence, lies and vicious circularity, Katharine Grevling Approaches to similar fact evidence: England and Australia, C. R. Williams Implications of the human right rationale for legal professional privilege - the demise of implied statutory abrogation?, Sue McNicol Legal proof of knowledge, Roderick Bradshaw Empirical evaluation of the hearsay rule, Roger C. Park Exploring the integrity principle in evidence and procedure, Andrew Ashworth Silence, innocence and human rights, Peter Mirfield The policies of legal information services: a perspective of three decades, Jon Bing Information technology and the criminal justice system, Richard Susskind Defining and rewarding invention: a review and a modest proposal for patent law, David Vaver Cumulation and convergence of intellectual property rights, William Cornish Index