Included with the manuscript is a letter of Brougham to John Murray III concerning the manuscript, and a marked proof of the article. Also included is a related article by Brougham, "The Judges on codification", extracted from the "Edinburgh Review".

Brougham`s article on the "Digest" was published in "The Quarterly Review", volume 94, number 188, March 1854, article 5, pages 461-466. The article is a consideration of "A letter to the Lord Chancellor, containing observations on the answers of the Judges to the Lord Chancellor`s letter on the Criminal Law Bills of the last session of Parliament" by C.P. Greaves and J.J. Lonsdale.

Brougham`s article, "The Judges on codification", was published in the "Edinburgh Review", volume 99, April 1854, pages 573-581.