The Business of Judging: Selected Essays and Speeches

by Tom Bingham

Overview

This book contains a selection of the essays and addresses written or given by the Senior Law Lord (as a Queen's Bench judge, Lord Justice of Appeal, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales) over the last 15 years or so, touching on a wide range of legally-related topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198299127
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/05/2000
Pages:	452
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 11.50(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

The late Tom Bingham, who died in September 2010, was arguably the most notable English judge of the twentieth century. An outspoken supporter of the Human Rights Act 1998, he held many of the most senior roles in the judiciary, acting as Queen's Bench judge, Lord Justice of Appeal, Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and Senior Law Lord, before his retirement in 2008.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Business of Judging1. The Judge as Juror: The Judicial Determination of Factual Issues2. The Judge as Lawmaker: An English Perspective3. The Discretion of the JudgePart II: Judges in Society1. Judicial Independence2. Judicial EthicsPart III: The Wider World1. ‘There is a World Elsewhere': The Changing Perspectives of English Law2. Law in a Pluralist Society3. The Supreme Court of IndiaPart IV: Human Rights1. The European Convention on Human Rights: Time to Incorporate2. Should there be a Law to Protect Rights of Personal Privacy? 3. The Way we Live Now: Human Rights in the New Millennium4. Tort and Human RightsPart V: Public Law1. Should Public Law Remedies be Discretionary? 2. The Old Despotism3. Mr Perlzweig, Sir John Anderson, and Lord AtkinPart VI: The Constitution1. The Courts and the Constitution2. Anglo-American ReflectionsPart VII: The English Criminal Trial1. The English Criminal Trial: The Credits and the Debits2. Justice and Injustice3. Silence is Golden - or is it? 4. A Criminal Code: Must we Wait for Ever?Part VIII: Crime and Punishment1. The Sentence of the Court2. Justice for the Young3. The Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder4. Speech on the Second Reading of the Crime (Sentences) BillPart IX: Miscellaneous1. Address to the Centenary Conference of the Bar2. Who Then in Law is my Neighbour? 3. The Future of the Common law4. Lecture at Toynbee Hall on the Centenary of its Legal Advice Centre5. Address at the Thanksgiving Service for Lord Denning OM