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Title From House of Lords to Supreme Court [electronic resource] : judges, jurists and the process of judging / edited by James Lee.

Imprint Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2011.

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Description xxxi, 310 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Appellate Committee.
Courts of last resort -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lee, James, 1983-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781849460811 (cloth)
1849460817 (cloth)
9781847316165 (e-book)

 
    
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