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32 produkter
Judging Civil Justice
Av Hazel Genn
Inbunden, 2009
1168 kr
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The civil justice system supports social order and economic activity, but a number of factors over the last decade have created a situation in which the value of civil justice is being undermined and the civil courts are in a state of dilapidation. For the 2008 Hamlyn Lectures, Dame Hazel Genn …
Judging Civil Justice
Av Hazel Genn
Häftad, 2009
523 kr
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The civil justice system supports social order and economic activity, but a number of factors over the last decade have created a situation in which the value of civil justice is being undermined and the civil courts are in a state of dilapidation. For the 2008 Hamlyn Lectures, Dame Hazel Genn …
Widening Horizons
The Influence of Comparative Law and International Law on Domestic Law
Häftad, 2010
395 kr
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British judges increasingly now pay attention to foreign case law when deciding domestic cases, and are required to interpret and apply international law in domestic courts and administer an international code of human rights. Tom Bingham examines the consequences of this increasingly …
Widening Horizons
The Influence of Comparative Law and International Law on Domestic Law
Inbunden, 2010
778 kr
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British judges increasingly now pay attention to foreign case law when deciding domestic cases, and are required to interpret and apply international law in domestic courts and administer an international code of human rights. Tom Bingham examines the consequences of this increasingly …
Can Human Rights Survive?
Av Conor Gearty
Häftad, 2006
448 kr
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In this set of three essays, originally presented as the 2005 Hamlyn Lectures, Conor Gearty considers whether human rights can survive the challenges of the war on terror, the revival of political religion, and the steady erosion of the world's natural resources. He also looks deeper than this to …
The Sovereignty of Law
The European Way
Häftad, 2007
424 kr
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Recently, the role of courts has changed dramatically. Not only do courts now have to decide cases between parties, they also often have to choose between competing fundamental values. Judges may have to balance the potentially conflicting interests of human life and human dignity; freedom of …
The Prisoners' Dilemma
Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democracies
Av Nicola Lacey
Häftad, 2008
568 kr
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Over the last two decades, and in the wake of increases in recorded crime and other social changes, British criminal justice policy has become increasingly politicised as an index of governments' competence. New and worrying developments, such as the inexorable rise of the US prison population and …
Advocacy
Inbunden, 2023
1573 kr
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Lord Pannick celebrates advocacy: that controversial legal issues are decided in court after reasoned argument in which the participants refrain (usually) from shouting, personal insults or threats, and the points on each side of the debate are tested for their relevance, their accuracy, and their …
Advocacy
Häftad, 2023
330 kr
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Lord Pannick celebrates advocacy: that controversial legal issues are decided in court after reasoned argument in which the participants refrain (usually) from shouting, personal insults or threats, and the points on each side of the debate are tested for their relevance, their accuracy, and their …
Courts and the Body Politic
Av Kate O'Regan
Inbunden, 2025
1513 kr
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Over the last half century, courts have come to play increasingly important roles in democracies. That role is studied by historians, political scientists, constitutional lawyers and political theorists, but it is also important to all who are concerned about the practice and future of democracy. …
Laws for a Nation and Laws for Transnational Commerce
Av John Thomas
Inbunden, 2025
1513 kr
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In the 75th Hamlyn Lectures, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Thomas examines Welsh law and the law used for transnational commerce to assess what laws are best national in their application and which are best transnational. He first argues that Wales as a nation should be able …
Frail Professionalism?
Lawyers Ethics after the Post Office and Other Cases
Häftad, 2026
447 kr
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Bad lawyering has come under increasing focus though NDAs, SLAPPs, the banking crisis, and latterly the UK's Post Office Scandal, an extraordinary legal scandal spanning more than 20 years that ruined thousands of lives. This book examines the commercial, cultural, legal, and psychological drivers …
Frail Professionalism?
Lawyers Ethics after the Post Office and Other Cases
Inbunden, 2026
1482 kr
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Bad lawyering has come under increasing focus though NDAs, SLAPPs, the banking crisis, and latterly the UK's Post Office Scandal, an extraordinary legal scandal spanning more than 20 years that ruined thousands of lives. This book examines the commercial, cultural, legal, and psychological drivers …
The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property
Inbunden, 2012
508 kr
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When property rights and environmental legislation clash, what side should the Rule of Law weigh in on? It is from this point that Jeremy Waldron explores the Rule of Law both from an historical perspective - considering the property theory of John Locke - and from the perspective of modern legal …
Aspects of Law Reform
An Insider's Perspective
Av Jack Straw
Inbunden, 2013
523 kr
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The British justice system is an ancient one that has continually evolved to meet modern needs. In this set of three essays, originally presented as the Hamlyn lectures in 2012, Jack Straw reviews some of the most important recent reforms to the system of British justice and suggests key areas in …
The Common Law Constitution
Av John Laws
Inbunden, 2014
568 kr
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For the 2013 Hamlyn Lectures, Sir John Laws explored the constitutional balance between law and government in the United Kingdom. He argues that the unifying principle of the constitution is the common law and that its distinctive method has endowed the British State with profoundly beneficial …
UK, EU and Global Administrative Law
Foundations and Challenges
Av Paul Craig
Inbunden, 2015
1258 kr
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Paul Craig's analysis of UK, EU and global administrative law examines the challenges facing each system and reveals the commonalities in and differences between their foundational assumptions. The challenges which they face may be particular to that legal order, endemic to any legal system of …
A Magna Carta for Children?
Rethinking Children's Rights
Inbunden, 2020
1489 kr
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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world, yet everyday children still face poverty, violence, war, disease and disaster. Are the rights we currently afford to children enough? Combining historical analysis with international human …
The Common Law Constitution
Av John Laws
Häftad, 2014
448 kr
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For the 2013 Hamlyn Lectures, Sir John Laws explored the constitutional balance between law and government in the United Kingdom. He argues that the unifying principle of the constitution is the common law and that its distinctive method has endowed the British State with profoundly beneficial …
UK, EU and Global Administrative Law
Foundations and Challenges
Av Paul Craig
Häftad, 2015
454 kr
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Paul Craig's analysis of UK, EU and global administrative law examines the challenges facing each system and reveals the commonalities in and differences between their foundational assumptions. The challenges which they face may be particular to that legal order, endemic to any legal system of …
Aspects of Law Reform
An Insider's Perspective
Av Jack Straw
Häftad, 2013
448 kr
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The British justice system is an ancient one that has continually evolved to meet modern needs. In this set of three essays, originally presented as the Hamlyn lectures in 2012, Jack Straw reviews some of the most important recent reforms to the system of British justice and suggests key areas in …
Lawyers and the Public Good
Democracy in Action?
Häftad, 2011
389 kr
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For the 2010 Hamlyn Lectures, Alan Paterson explores different facets of three key institutions in a democracy: lawyers, access to justice and the judiciary. In the case of lawyers he asks whether professionalism is now in terminal decline. To examine access to justice, he discusses past and …
The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property
Häftad, 2012
448 kr
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When property rights and environmental legislation clash, what side should the Rule of Law weigh in on? It is from this point that Jeremy Waldron explores the Rule of Law both from an historical perspective - considering the property theory of John Locke - and from the perspective of modern legal …
Fairness in Criminal Justice
Golden Threads and Pragmatic Patches
Av Sian Elias
Häftad, 2018
448 kr
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British criminal justice is a principal legacy of Empire in the common law world. It attempts fairness between prosecutors and accused in an accusatory system for establishing criminal responsibility supervised by a judge who is conspicuously detached from the fray. Fundamental features, today …
Thinking about Statutes
Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement
Häftad, 2018
448 kr
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We are in the age of statutes; and it is indisputable that statutes are swallowing up the common law. Yet the study of statutes as a coherent whole is rare. In these three lectures, given as the 2017 Hamlyn Lecture series, Professor Andrew Burrows takes on the challenge of thinking seriously and at …
Fairness in Criminal Justice
Golden Threads and Pragmatic Patches
Av Sian Elias
Inbunden, 2018
808 kr
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British criminal justice is a principal legacy of Empire in the common law world. It attempts fairness between prosecutors and accused in an accusatory system for establishing criminal responsibility supervised by a judge who is conspicuously detached from the fray. Fundamental features, today …
Thinking about Statutes
Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement
Inbunden, 2018
1063 kr
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We are in the age of statutes; and it is indisputable that statutes are swallowing up the common law. Yet the study of statutes as a coherent whole is rare. In these three lectures, given as the 2017 Hamlyn Lecture series, Professor Andrew Burrows takes on the challenge of thinking seriously and at …
Making Comparisons in Equality Law
Within Gender, Age and Conflicts
Av Robin Allen
Häftad, 2020
493 kr
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This book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law. As one of the most distinguished equality lawyers of his generation, having appeared in over 40 cases in the House of Lords and the Supreme Court and …
English Law Under Two Elizabeths
The Late Tudor Legal World and the Present
Inbunden, 2021
1573 kr
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Comparative legal history is generally understood to involve the comparison of legal systems in different countries. This is an experiment in a different kind of comparison. The legal world of the first Elizabethans is separated from that of today by nearly half a millennium. But the past is not a …
English Law Under Two Elizabeths
The Late Tudor Legal World and the Present
Häftad, 2021
523 kr
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Comparative legal history is generally understood to involve the comparison of legal systems in different countries. This is an experiment in a different kind of comparison. The legal world of the first Elizabethans is separated from that of today by nearly half a millennium. But the past is not a …
