The Judicial House of Lords

Sir Louis Blom-Cooper is Bencher of the Middle TempleBrice Dickson is Professor of International and Comparative Law, Queen's University BelfastGavin Drewry is Professor of Public Administration, Royal Holloway, University of London

...essential reading to those interested in judicial politics, in the evolution of judicial institutions more generally, and to some legal historians. Perhaps more impressive than its crucial importance to some readers is the fact that JHOL will provide something of substantial interest to almost all scholars of law with the jurisdictions of the UK and indeed the Commonwealth more generally.

• 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