The politics of the common law : perspectives, rights, processes, institutions /
Gearey, Adam.
The politics of the common law : perspectives, rights, processes, institutions / Adam Gearey, Wayne Morrison and Robert Jago. - 2ed. - x, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-349) and index.
'As a system ... the common law is a thing merely imaginary' -- Recording law's experience : features of the 'case' -- The postcolonial, the visible, and the invisible : the normal and the exceptional -- Institutionalizing judicial decision making : public reason and the doctrine of precedent -- What we talk about when we talk about common law : the practice of precedent -- The mirror and the dialogue : the common law, Strasbourg and human rights -- The judicial practice of statutory interpretation -- The politics of the judiciary revisited : rights, democracy, law -- Judges and democracy -- The integrity of the court : judgment and the prohibition on bias -- The value of participation : the rights of the defence, equality of arms, and access to justice -- Open justice, closed procedures and torture evidence -- Imagining civil justice -- Imagining criminal justice.
9780415662369 (pbk)
2012051037
Common law--Great Britain.
Justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
Law--Political aspects--Great Britain.
340.570942 / G292p
The politics of the common law : perspectives, rights, processes, institutions / Adam Gearey, Wayne Morrison and Robert Jago. - 2ed. - x, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-349) and index.
'As a system ... the common law is a thing merely imaginary' -- Recording law's experience : features of the 'case' -- The postcolonial, the visible, and the invisible : the normal and the exceptional -- Institutionalizing judicial decision making : public reason and the doctrine of precedent -- What we talk about when we talk about common law : the practice of precedent -- The mirror and the dialogue : the common law, Strasbourg and human rights -- The judicial practice of statutory interpretation -- The politics of the judiciary revisited : rights, democracy, law -- Judges and democracy -- The integrity of the court : judgment and the prohibition on bias -- The value of participation : the rights of the defence, equality of arms, and access to justice -- Open justice, closed procedures and torture evidence -- Imagining civil justice -- Imagining criminal justice.
9780415662369 (pbk)
2012051037
Common law--Great Britain.
Justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
Law--Political aspects--Great Britain.
340.570942 / G292p