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• Title:Disagreement and dissent in judicial decision-making / by Frederic Reynold.
  
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• Author/Creator:Reynold, Frederic, author.
  
• Published/Created:London : Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2013.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KD7285 .R49 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.
  United States. Supreme Court.
  Judicial process--Great Britain.
  Judicial process--United States.
  Judges--Great Britain.
  Judges--United States.
  Judicial opinions--Great Britain.
  Judicial opinions--United States.
  Dissenting opinions.
  
• Description:xv, 214 pages ; 24 cm
  
• ISBN:9780854901272 (hardback)
  0854901272 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. One What Exactly is Fair and Just?
  (1). "The impulse to do practical justice"
  (2). "It is unrealistic to say there is only one right answer"
  (3). Succumbing to the attraction of a wholly illogical argument?
  (4). Justice for contract breakers as well as for the injured parties
  pt. Two Clashes of Principle and Competing Moral Judgments
  (1). Is this really criminal conduct?
  (2). Upholding a principle or pragmatically turning a blind eye
  (3). Policy or legal principle
  (4). Constitutional niceties and a matter of conscience
  (5). Taking liberties with the will of Parliament
  pt. Three Problems with the Meaning of Ordinary Words
  (1). Support for the old and infirm: the duty of councils
  (2). Discriminating "on grounds of [her or his] sex" and "on racial grounds"
  (3). Compensating the innocent
  (4). problem with the word "knowledge"
  pt. Four Differing Responses to Constitutional and Human Rights Issues
  (1). Is the "right of abode" a fundamental right?
  (2). Private Smith and the reach of Article 1
  (3). Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  (4). How sacrosanct is the constitutional right to pursue a private prosecution?
  (5). Are there limits to the right to keep legal advice confidential?
  (6). case of over-reaction by the Treasury?
  pt. Five What do these Disagreements Reveal about Decision-making in our Court of Last Resort?
  (1). Disagreements in the US Supreme Court
  (2). Disagreement in our own court of last resort
  (3). Concerns about accountability
  Appendices
  One. List of Law Lords and Supreme Court Justices Whose Judgments are Discussed or Referred to in the Text, and Date of their Appointment
  Two. Selection of Sample Judgments.