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The Writing Notebooks.
Hélène Cixous is among the most influential and original literary critics and feminist thinkers of our time. This volume reproduces - for the first time, in any language - a collection of pages from her original writing notebooks, offering a unique insight into her radical thought and work. The ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface; Contents; Prologue; 1. Setting the Tone: the Act of Settlement and the Emergence of the Balance of Powers; The Act of Settlement; 2. 1900-1960 The Declining Role of the English Judiciary; The Edwardian Era; The War to End All Wars, Economic Strife and the Long Weekend; High Formalism, World War and Increasing Irrelevance; 3. The Gradual U-Turn; The Old Order Regroups; The Changing Political Environment; And Who Were these Judges?; The 1960s and 1970s: Confusion and Renewal.
- 4. The Years of Conservative Government 1979-1997Europe and Its Influence; Government and Judiciary; The Judges' Work; The Thatcher Effect; The Judges Themselves; 5. Jurisprudence or Politics; The Formalist Tradition; The Public Debate; Moral and Social Policies Creep in; 6. Balance of Powers: the Independence of Individual Judges; An International Virus; The Independence of Individual Judges in England; Independence, Objectivity and Impartiality; The Impact of the Balance of Powers on Judicial Independence; 7. The Balance of Powers: The Judges as a Separate Branch of Government?
- The US ParallelsThe Lord Chancellor; The Law Lords; The Appointment of Judges; The Apparently Irreconcilable Concepts of Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Independence; Overview; 8. New Labour in Power; The Lord Chancellorship; Human Rights; Pinochet; Human Rights and Judicial Power; New Labour and New Millennium; 9. The Second Coming; Reprise; The Lord Chancellor, the Supreme Court and the Judges; The Human Rights Act meets Bruiser Blunkett; 10. The Future; The Issues; The Judiciary; Parables from Abroad; The Need for a Supreme Court; 11. Post Script: The Future is the Present.
- A Tricky PlotAnnouncement and Implementation; An Historical Excursus; A Disappearing Lord Chancellor?; A New Way of Appointing Judges; Parliamentary Democracy and an Unelected Judiciary; A Supreme Court for the United Kingdom; Final thoughts on the Judges; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.