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The Business of Judging : Selected Essays and Speeches.
Tom Bingham (1933-2010) was the 'greatest judge of our time' (The Guardian), a towering figure in modern British public life who championed the rule of law and human rights inside and outside the courtroom. The Business of Judging collects Bingham's most important writings during his...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; I. The Business of Judging; 1. The Judge as Juror: The Judicial Determination of Factual Issues; 2. The Judge as Lawmaker: An English Perspective; 3. The Discretion of the Judge; II. Judges in Society; 1. Judicial Independence; 2. Judicial Ethics; III. The Wider World; 1. 'There is a World Elsewhere': The Changing Perspectives of English Law; 2. Law in a Pluralist Society; 3. Speech on the Jubilee of the Supreme Court of India; IV. Human Rights; 1. The European Convention on Human Rights: Time to Incorporate.
- 2. Opinion: Should There Be a Law to Protect Rights of Personal Privacy?3. The Way We Live Now: Human Rights in the New Millennium; 4. Tort and Human Rights; V. Public Law; 1. Should Public Law Remedies be Discretionary?; 2. The Old Despotism; 3. Mr Perlzweig, Mr Liversidge, and Lord Atkin; VI. The Constitution; 1. The Courts and the Constitution; 2. Anglo-American Reflections; VII. The English Criminal Trial; 1. The English Criminal Trial: The Credits and the Debits; 2. Justice and Injustice; 3. Silence is Golden-or is it?; 4. A Criminal Code: Must We Wait for Ever?
- VIII. Crime and Punishment1. The Sentence of the Court; 2. Justice for the Young; 3. The Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder; 4. Speech on the Second Reading of the Crime (Sentences) Bill; IX. Miscellaneous; 1. Address to the Centenary Conference of the Bar; 2. Who then in Law is my Neighbour?; 3. The Future of the Common Law; 4. Lecture at Toynbee Hall on the Centenary of its Legal Advice Centre; 5. Address at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Rt Hon Lord Denning, OM; Index; Notes.