Judicial Discretion in the House of Lords

by David Robertson

Overview

This book concentrates on the arguments the Lords use in justifying their decisions, and is concerned as much with the legal methodology as with the substance of their decisions. Although close attention is paid to the different approaches and styles of judicial argument, the book is not restricted to this traditional analytic approach. One chapter applies the statistical techniques Americans call "jurimetrics" and have successfully used on the US Supreme Court.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198274421
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/10/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

David Robertson is a fellow and tutor of politics at St Hugh's College, Oxford. He has previously taught in the Institute for East-West Security Studies, New York; the School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC; and the European University Institute, Florence, amongst others.

Table of Contents

Preface1. Politics and Judicial Discretion2. A Statistical Analysis of Judicial Discretion3. Judicial Methodology in Statutory Interpretation4. Judicial Methodology and the Common Law5. In Re Pepper v Hart: Comments on the nature of Laws6. Pure Policy - The Law of Negligence7. Imposing Rationality on the State8. Public Law and the Liberty of the Person9. Judicial Review as Welfare Management10. Conclusion - Legal Argument and PoliticsIndex