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Justice : continuity and change /

This selection of essays, speeches and personal reflections, draws on the analysis of one of the leading lawyers of a generation. Lord Dyson as Master of the Rolls and Head of the Civil Justice System oversaw a period of reform of both law and legal process. This collection discusses some key themes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dyson, Lord (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Criticising judges : fair game or off-limits?
  • Academics and judges
  • Are the judges too powerful?
  • Magna Carta and compensation culture
  • Does judicial review undermine democracy?
  • Liability of public authorities in negligence
  • The shifting sands of statutory interpretation
  • Time to call it a day; some reflections on finality and the law
  • The globalisation of law
  • Recent developments in commercial law conference
  • The contribution of construction cases to the development of the common law
  • Human rights
  • What is wrong with human rights?
  • Human rights in an age of terrorism
  • Religion and the law : some current problems
  • The extraterritorial application of the European Convention on Human Rights : now on a firmer footing, but is it a sound one?
  • Magna Carta and the rule of law
  • Magna Carta : liberties, customs, and the free flow of trade
  • Delay too often defeats justice
  • Magna Carta and religion
  • Runnymede
  • Advocates as protectors of the rule of law
  • Access to justice and civil procedure
  • Litigators : survive and thrive
  • The Jackson reforms and civil justice
  • Sharpening the public gaze : advances in open justice in England and Wales
  • Threats to justice in the twenty-first century
  • Halsey 10 years on : the decision revisited
  • Arbitration versus litigation
  • Arbitration after Brussels I reform
  • Personal
  • School day speech
  • How my classical education has affected my life
  • Valedictory
  • Epilogue
  • Changes in the law in the last 50 years.