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Power of persuasion : essays by a very public lawyer / Sir Louis Blom-Cooper, QC.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blom-Cooper, Louis, 1926- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in law--Great Britain.
- Communication in law.
- Persuasion (Psychology).
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- Trial practice--Psychological aspects.
- Trial practice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (376 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Over the years of the developing judicial review of ministerial and governmental decisions, Louis Blom-Cooper was a leading advocate who grew up with the advent of a distinctive brand of public law. His range of public activities, both inside and out of the courtroom, saw him dubbed by his colleagues as a polymath practitioner. They included chairmanship of plural public inquiries in child abuse and mental health, media contributions and innovation in penal reform. This book is a collection of his essays, prefaced by a self-examination of his unorthodox philosophy towards the law in action. It covers a variety of socio-legal topics that express his ambition to inform the public on the workings of the legal system. This involves a discussion of the history of Britain's unwritten and, in the author's view, insufficiently interpreted constitution. It reflects a commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights and portrays its international origins. It also opines on crime and punishment in the functioning of the courts and elsewhere, and the political shift from the penal optimism of the 1970s to the reactionary punitiveness of the post-1990s. The essays conclude with a miscellany of affairs, reflecting on professional practices and the author's judicial heroes Lord Reid and Lord Bingham."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Public law judicial and judicious review
- pt. 2. Crime and justice
- pt. 3. Penal affairs
- pt. 4. Media law
- pt. 5. Miscellany.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781509914128
- 1509914129
- 9781782257318
- 1782257314
- 9781782257295
- 1782257292
- OCLC:
- 905544001
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