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The independence of the judiciary : The view from the Lord Chancellor's Office

By: Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 1993Description: HBISBN:
  • 9780198262633
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.41014 STE
Contents:
Contents: Part 1 The Lord Chancellor's Office and the age of Muir-Mackenzie: ; the founding of the Lord Chancellor's Office; the Muir-Mackenzie era; the imperial dimension; the changing concept of the judiciary; Part 2 The Schuster era - high policy; the machinery of government and the long weekend; a little matter of constitutionalism; the Hewart explosion.; Part 3 Schuster and the judges: ; choosing the judges; county court salaries - the doctrine of unripeness; pay claims - the high court and high drama.; Part 4 Schuster and the end of empire: the judicial committee - the beginning of the end; a case study of Canada.; Part 5 The era of Napier and Coldstream - numbers, appointment and control of the judges: the number of judges; choosing the judges; controlling the judges; the executive and the judiciary; Part 6 The end of Napier and Coldstream - the use of the judiciary: the uses of ignorance, impartiality and independence; the classic case - the restrictive practices court; restrictive practices - the public doubts; another spoke in the wheel - the Lord Chancellor's Office and committees.; Part 7 Judicial salaries from the 1940s to the 1980s: The Labour years 1945-1951; the Conservative administration 1951-1964; the later years. ; Part 8 The later years - vignettes from the end of empire: Canada resiles - Sri Lanka pursues; and who, pray, shall sit?. Epilogue: the last decades; the perplexing problems of judicial independence; criticizing the judiciary; the judiciary reformed?; the Lord Chancellor's department and the future.
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Contents:
Part 1 The Lord Chancellor's Office and the age of Muir-Mackenzie: ;
the founding of the Lord Chancellor's Office;
the Muir-Mackenzie era;
the imperial dimension;
the changing concept of the judiciary;
Part 2 The Schuster era - high policy;
the machinery of government and the long weekend;
a little matter of constitutionalism;
the Hewart explosion.;
Part 3 Schuster and the judges: ;
choosing the judges;
county court salaries - the doctrine of unripeness;
pay claims - the high court and high drama.;
Part 4 Schuster and the end of empire: the judicial committee - the beginning of the end;
a case study of Canada.;
Part 5 The era of Napier and Coldstream - numbers, appointment and control of the judges: the number of judges;
choosing the judges;
controlling the judges;
the executive and the judiciary;
Part 6 The end of Napier and Coldstream - the use of the judiciary: the uses of ignorance, impartiality and independence;
the classic case - the restrictive practices court;
restrictive practices - the public doubts;
another spoke in the wheel - the Lord Chancellor's Office and committees.;
Part 7 Judicial salaries from the 1940s to the 1980s: The Labour years 1945-1951;
the Conservative administration 1951-1964;
the later years. ;
Part 8 The later years - vignettes from the end of empire: Canada resiles - Sri Lanka pursues;
and who, pray, shall sit?. Epilogue: the last decades;
the perplexing problems of judicial independence;
criticizing the judiciary;
the judiciary reformed?;
the Lord Chancellor's department and the future.