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

Includes bibliographical references.

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.