The safest shield : lectures, speeches and essays / Lord Judge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Judge, Igor, 1941- author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--England.

Law.

England.

Law--England--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 368 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Contents:

Towards a constitution : Magna Carta, luck or judgement

William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke

1361 and all that

Authorised version of the Bible : 'divine right'

'No taxation without representation' : a British perspective on constitutional arrangements

Continuing constitutional concerns : constitutional change : unfinished business

Sovereignty : a view from London

Parliamentary self-government

Henry VIII clauses

Assisted suicide : moral and constitutional issues

Liberties and rights

Equality before the law

Human rights : today and tomorrow

The judiciary and the media

Press regulation

The Welsh language : some reflections

Administration of justice : the art of advocacy

Trial by jury

Half a century of change : the evidence of child victims

The evidence of child victims : the next stage

Expert evidence and accreditation

Miscarriages of justice

The sentencing decision

The judiciary

Judicial independence and responsibilities

Being a judge in (2013)

Judicial studies : reflections on the past and thoughts for the future

Judicial diversity

Personal reflections

Celebration of the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen

Catastrophic spinal injuries

History of the Middle Temple : introduction

Future of the inn : the Middle Temple

Why read law?

Induction seminar : welcome

Reginald Walter Michael Dias QC

David Thomas QC

Our independent judiciary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781509901890

1509901892

OCLC:

917338980