From House of Lords to Supreme Court : judges, jurists and the process of judging / edited by James Lee.
Publication details: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2011. Description: xxxi, 310 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781849460811 (cloth); 1849460817 (cloth)Subject(s): Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Appellate Committee | Courts of last resort -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: KD7632. | F76 2011| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / James Lee --A Darwinian reflection on judicial values and appointments to final national courts / Michael Kirby -- From appellate committee to UK Supreme Court : independence, activism and transparencey / Aileen Kavanagh -- Taking women's property seriously : Mrs. Boland, the House of Lords, the Law Commission and the role of consensus / Elizabeth Cooke -- 'Inconsiderate alterations in our laws' : legislative reversal of Supreme Court decisions / James Lee -- (Dis)owning the convention in the law of tort / Jenny Steele -- Keeping their heads above water? : European law in the House of Lords / Anthony Arnull -- The development of principle by a final court of appeal in matters of private international (common) law / Adrian Briggs -- The law of unjust enrichment in the House of Lords : judging the judges / Graham Virgo -- Use of scholarship by the House of Lords in tort cases / Keith Stanton -- Judge and academics : features of a partnership / Alexandra Braun -- Does advocacy matter in the Lords? / Alan Paterson -- Close calls in the House of Lords / Brice Dickson.