基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. Offers a comprehensive history of a major judicial institution as it prepares to transfer its position to the new UK Supreme Court.
Full Description
The House of Lords has served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years. In 2009 a new UK Supreme Court will take over its judicial functions, closing the doors on one of the most influential legal institutions in the world, and a major chapter in the history of the UK legal system.
This volume gathers over 40 leading scholars and practitioners from the UK and beyond to provide a comprehensive history of the House of Lords as a judicial institution, charting its role, working practices, reputation and impact on the law and UK legal system. The book examines the origins of the House's judicial work; the different phases in the court's history; the international reputation and influence of the House in the legal profession; the domestic perception of the House outside the law; and the impact of the House on the UK legal tradition and substantive law.
The book offers an invaluable overview of the Judicial House of Lords and a major historical record for the UK legal system as it opens the next chapter in its history.
Contents
EDITORS' INTRODUCTION ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ; PART A: THE INSTITUTION ; 1. The Judicial Role of the House of Lords before 1870 ; 2. The Judicial House of Lords: Abolition and Restoration 1873-1876 ; 3. The Judicial Office ; 4. The House of Lords and the English Court of Appeal ; 5. From Appellate Committee to Supreme Court: A Narrative ; PART B: THE JUDGES ; 6. The Lord Chancellor as Head of the Judiciary ; 7. Appointments to the House of Lords: Who Goes Upstairs ; 8. The Law Lords: Who has Served ; 9. 1966 and All That: The Story of the Practice Statement ; 10. Style of Judgments ; 11. Law Lords in Parliament ; PART C: DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURT ; 12. The Early Years of the House of Lords, 1876-1914 ; 13. A Developing Jurisdiction, 1914-1945 ; 14. Towards a System of Administrative Law: The Reid and Wilberforce Era, 1945-1982 ; 15. The End of the Twentieth Century: The House of Lords 1982-2000 ; 16. A Hard Act to Follow: The Bingham Court, 2000-2008 ; PART D: REGIONAL AND EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVES ; 17. From Scotland and Ireland ; (a) Scotland after 1707 ; (b) Ireland ; (c) Northern Ireland after 1921 ; 18. The Interplay with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ; 19. The Old Commonwealth ; (a) Australia and New Zealand ; (b) Canada ; (c) South Africa ; (d) India ; 20. Reflections from the New Commonwealth ; 21. A Transatlantic Comparison ; 22. A European Perspective ; 23. Views from Legal Practice ; 24. A View from the City ; 25. A Political Scientist's View ; PART E: SPECIFIC AREAS ; 26. International law ; 27. European influences ; 28. Constitutional law ; 29. Administrative law ; 30. Human Rights ; 31. Non-discrimination and Equality ; 32. Criminal Law ; 33. Fair Trial: 'One Golden Thread' ; 34. Torts ; 35. Libel, Privacy, and Freedom of Expression ; 36. Family law ; 37. Land Law ; 38. Commercial Law ; 39. Intellectual Property ; 40. Tax Law ; APPENDICES ; i Lords of Appeal in Ordinary from 1876 ; ii Who Succeeded Whom? ; iii Lord Chancellors from 1876 ; iv Pen Portraits of the Lords of Appeal
