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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784507203321

Autore

Woodhouse Diana

Titolo

The Office of Lord Chancellor / Diana Woodhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Ore., : Hart Publishing, 2001

ISBN

1-4725-5908-8

1-281-04183-1

9786611041830

1-84731-300-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

328.34530941

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Great Britain

Judges - Great Britain

Executive departments - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-218) and index

Nota di contenuto

1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE LORD CHANCELLOR IN THE CONSTITUTION -- 3 THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT -- 4 THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S EXECUTIVE ROLE -- 5 THE LORD CHANCELLOR AS JUDGE -- 6 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS -- 7 THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR -- 8 THE REFORM OF THE OFFICE OF LORD CHANCELLOR

Sommario/riassunto

The office of Lord Chancellor is one that has frequently been questioned. However,the extent and diversity of the questioning seldom attained the proportions reached in the final years of the twentieth century, when they drew attention to the deficiencies of the position of Lord Chancellor, the inherent tensions within that position and the incongruity of such a role in a modern democracy. This book examines these questions. It analyses the development and current position of the Lord Chancellor as head of the judiciary, member of the Cabinet, judge and Speaker in the House of Lords and considers his role in relation to judicial appointments. It also looks at the LCD, the development of which acts as an indicator of the changes in the office of Lord Chancellor. It concludes by making proposals for reform, the most far-reaching of which is the abolition of the office