IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 RCCP
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Royal Commission on Criminal Procedures
Date(s): 1978-1984
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 17 boxes
Name of creator(s): Royal Commission on Criminal Procedures
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The RCCP was set up in 1978 to examine the duties and powers of the police and the rights and duties of suspects in respect of the investigation of criminal offences and the procedure for prosecution in criminal cases. The Commission reported in 1981.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedures collected by its Chairman Sir Cyril Philips, 1978-1984, including minutes, oral and written evidence, associated correspondence and copies of final reports and research studies published by the Commission.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged as outlined in the Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Apply to Archivist for copyright details.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Summary boxlist available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Given by Sir Cyril Philips in 1991.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds material concerning the RCCP in the Hall-Carpenter Archive (Ref: HCA/CHE/9/45 and Ephemera/920).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2001