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--History.

Law.

Law--England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing Ltd, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This selection of lectures, essays and speeches by Lord Judge, nearly all written when he was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, brings together his analysis of a wide range of topics which underpin the administration of justice and the rule of law. Apart from a few personal reflections, the discussion ranges from the development of our constitutional arrangements to matters of continuing constitutional uncertainty, with observations about different aspects of the court process and the discharge of judicial responsibilities. Based on Lord Judge's experience in the law and deep interest in history, this selection offers sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes amusing, but always stimulating reading, and will provoke thoughtful reflection on and better understanding of the arrangements by which we are governed and the practical application of the rule of law."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781509901920

1509901922

9781509901913

1509901914

OCLC:

930600934