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The pursuit of justice / Lord Woolf ; edited by Christopher Campbell-Holt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xii, 436 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199217092
  • 9780199217090
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.42 22
LOC classification:
  • KD3995 .W66 2008
Contents:
Part I. The English Legal System -- Part II. The Constitution And The Judiciary -- Part III. Crime And Penal Reform -- Part IV. Civil Justice -- Part V. International Legal Systems -- --
Part I. The English Legal System -- 1. A Question of Balance -- 2. Remedies -- 3. Droit Public - English Style -- 4. The Education the Justice System Requires Today -- -- Part II. The Constitution And The Judiciary -- 5. Magna Carta: A Precedent for Recent Constitutional Change -- 6. The Rule of Law and a Change in the Constitution -- 7. Judicial Review - The Tensions Between the Executive and Judiciary -- 8. Should the Media and the Judiciary be on Speaking Terms? -- 9. Judicial Independence Not Judicial Isolation -- 10. The Needs of a 21st Century Judge -- 11. Current Challenges in Judging -- 12. The Impact of Human Rights -- 13. Human Rights and Minorities -- -- Part III. Crime And Penal Reform -- 14. The Strangeways Prison Report: Overview and Recommendations -- 15. Strangeways: A Decade of Change? -- 16. A Justice System the Community Owns -- 17. Do We Need a New Approach to Penal Policy? -- 18. Making Sense of Sentencing -- -- Part IV. Civil Justice -- 19. Access to Justice Final Report: Overview -- 20. Medics, Lawyers and the Courts- A Defence of the Access to Justice Recommendations -- 21. Are the Courts Excessively Deferential to the Medical Profession? -- 22. Are the Judiciary Environmentally Myopic? -- 23. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development -- -- Part V. International Legal Systems -- 24. The International Role of the Judiciary -- 25. The Rule of Law and the Development of a Modern Economy in China -- 26. The Rule of Law and Harmony in China.
Summary: "This new book prints a collection of updated lectures and papers written and delivered by Lord Woolf since 1986, following his retirement in 2005 from the office of Lord Chief Justice and a judicial career that has covered part or all of the last four decades. Lord Woolf expresses his personal views and provides a panoramic insight into the main law reforms over this period. The title The Pursuit of Justice reflects Lord Woolf's determination to see that justice is done in the English courts. "--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The English Legal System -- Part II. The Constitution And The Judiciary -- Part III. Crime And Penal Reform -- Part IV. Civil Justice -- Part V. International Legal Systems -- --

Part I. The English Legal System -- 1. A Question of Balance -- 2. Remedies -- 3. Droit Public - English Style -- 4. The Education the Justice System Requires Today -- -- Part II. The Constitution And The Judiciary -- 5. Magna Carta: A Precedent for Recent Constitutional Change -- 6. The Rule of Law and a Change in the Constitution -- 7. Judicial Review - The Tensions Between the Executive and Judiciary -- 8. Should the Media and the Judiciary be on Speaking Terms? -- 9. Judicial Independence Not Judicial Isolation -- 10. The Needs of a 21st Century Judge -- 11. Current Challenges in Judging -- 12. The Impact of Human Rights -- 13. Human Rights and Minorities -- -- Part III. Crime And Penal Reform -- 14. The Strangeways Prison Report: Overview and Recommendations -- 15. Strangeways: A Decade of Change? -- 16. A Justice System the Community Owns -- 17. Do We Need a New Approach to Penal Policy? -- 18. Making Sense of Sentencing -- -- Part IV. Civil Justice -- 19. Access to Justice Final Report: Overview -- 20. Medics, Lawyers and the Courts- A Defence of the Access to Justice Recommendations -- 21. Are the Courts Excessively Deferential to the Medical Profession? -- 22. Are the Judiciary Environmentally Myopic? -- 23. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development -- -- Part V. International Legal Systems -- 24. The International Role of the Judiciary -- 25. The Rule of Law and the Development of a Modern Economy in China -- 26. The Rule of Law and Harmony in China.

"This new book prints a collection of updated lectures and papers written and delivered by Lord Woolf since 1986, following his retirement in 2005 from the office of Lord Chief Justice and a judicial career that has covered part or all of the last four decades. Lord Woolf expresses his personal views and provides a panoramic insight into the main law reforms over this period. The title The Pursuit of Justice reflects Lord Woolf's determination to see that justice is done in the English courts. "--Publisher's website.

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