To the vast majority of the English public, the role of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has often been distant and incomprehensible, its judges a caste apart from society. The Power of Judges ends this mystery, exploring the fundamental concept of justice and explaining the main functions of the courts, the challenges they face, and the complexity of the judicial system. In this lucid account of the judiciary, David Neuberger and Peter Riddell lead us through an array of topics both philosophical and logistical, including the relationships between morality and law and between Parliament and the judiciary. They explain the effects of cuts in legal aid and shed light on complex and controversial subjects like assisted dying and the complexities of combating mass terrorism while protecting personal liberty. Given that many of these issues span national borders, the book also compares the United Kingdom’s legal system with its counterparts in the United States and Germany. Full of insights, The Power of Judges is an informative and accessible account of the United Kingdom’s judicial system, its contribution to running the country, and the challenges it faces—including the many threats to its effectiveness.
This book answers these questions through an examination of three constitutional courts in Asia: Taiwan, Korea, and Mongolia.
This book explores fundamental topics concerning the functioning of the judiciary.
This book, first published in 1914, contains five historical essays.
Judiciary and the power of judges in Slovakia
The main aim of this volume is to analyse common issues arising from increasing judicial power in the context of different political and legal systems, including those in North America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Why do appellate courts always have an odd number of judges? And what does the answer tell us about changing concepts of law? How can common law be unconstitutional? Why...
Second, that documents written before the constitution were influential in framing the text and establishing the idea of judicial review.
Macgregore therefore brought an action of debt for the use of the county as well as himself before Justice of the Peace John Neal.81 The trial took place in April in Londonderry, at the inn kept by Captain Jacob Martin, ...
The second relevant decision – Murphy v. Ireland148 – suggested that a similar restriction placed on advertising for religious purposes would fall within the range of reasonable responses available to states as a result of the margin of ...
This study discusses the many different aspects of judicial independence in Israel.