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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198274424

ISBN-139780198274421

eBay Product ID (ePID)546765

Product Key Features

Number of Pages434 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJudicial Discretion in the House of Lords

SubjectJudicial Power, World / European, Comparative Politics

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science

AuthorDavid Robertson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight28.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN98-024211

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal328.41/071

Table Of ContentPreface1. Politics and Judicial Discretion2. A Statistical Analysis of Judicial Discretion3. Judicial Methodology in Statutory Interpretation4. Judicial Methodology and the Common Law5. In Re Pepper v Hart: Comments on the nature of Laws6. Pure Policy - The Law of Negligence7. Imposing Rationality on the State8. Public Law and the Liberty of the Person9. Judicial Review as Welfare Management10. Conclusion - Legal Argument and PoliticsIndex

SynopsisThere have been few studies of the Law Lords, and no study of them by a political scientist for more than ten years. This book concentrates on the arguments the Law Lords use in justifying their decisions, and is concerned as much with the legal methodology as with the substance of their decisions. Very close attention is paid to the different approaches and styles of judicial argument, but the book is not restricted to this traditional analytic approach. One chapter applies the statistical techniques Americans call 'jurimetrics' and have successfully used on the US Supreme Court. The main theme is that the Law Lords enjoy and fully utilise far more discretion in their judgements than is normally admitted, and that much depends on exactly which judges happen to hear a case. the second part of the book shows the impact this extreme discretion has had in shaping both public law and areas of civil law., This book concentrates on the arguments the Lords use in justifying their decisions, and is concerned as much with the legal methodology as with the substance of their decisions. Although close attention is paid to the different approaches and styles of judicial argument, the book is not restricted to this traditional analytic approach. One chapter applies the statistical techniques Americans call "jurimetrics" and have successfully used on the US Supreme Court., One of only a few studies of the Law Lords, this book concentrates on the arguments the Lords use in justifying their decisions, and is concerned as much with the legal methodology as with the substance of their decisions. Although close attention is paid to the different approaches and styles of judicial argument, the book is not restricted to this traditional analytic approach. One chapter applies the statistical techniques Americans call 'jurimetrics' and have successfully used on the US Supreme Court. The main theme is that the Law Lords enjoy and fully utilise far more discretion in their judgements than is normally admitted, and that much depends on exactly which judges happen to hear a case. The second part of the book then shows the impact this extreme discretion has had on both public law and areas of civil law.

LC Classification NumberKD7132.R63 1998