First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introducing INQUEST and inquests: inquests and coroners; causes for concern. Origins: context and background; beginnings; enter the GLC. Campaigns: lobbying from below; the parliamentary road. Defining issues: deaths in police care, custody and during arrest; prison suicides; psychiatric deaths; asylum seekers. Other issues: disasters; deaths at work; race and gender. Keeping afloat: funding and finance; inquest lawyers' group; management and managerialism. Conclusion: the balance sheet; the politics of inquests; the rhetoric and practice of opposition; pressure groups, INQUEST and the limits of political science.