The myth of judicial independence / Mike McConville, Luke Marsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McConville, Michael, 1925- author.

Marsh, Luke, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judicial independence--Great Britain.

Judicial independence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Through an examination of the history of the rules that regulate police interrogation (the Judges' Rules) in conjunction with plea bargaining and the Criminal Procedure Rules, this volume explores the 'Westminster Model' under which three arms of the State (parliament, the executive, and the judiciary) operate independently of one another. It reveals how policy was framed in secret meetings with the executive which then actively misled parliament in contradiction to its ostensible formal relationship with the legislature.

Contents:

Introduction and overview

The management of criminal justice : an early challenge

The origin of the judges' rule

The aftermath : 1918-60

The first draft : the judges and the Home Office

The war of attrition and the vanquishing of the judges

The legacy of the 1964 rules

Rule of law and common law

Constitutionalism and the Westminster model

The politics of the judiciary

The global diaspora

Appraisal and review.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-255528-6

0-19-186119-7

0-19-255527-8