The Judicial House of Lords 1876–2009
Louis Blom-Cooper QC, Brice Dickson, and Gavin Drewry
Abstract
The House of Lords has served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years. In 2009, a new UK Supreme Court will take over its judicial functions, closing the doors on one of the most influential legal institutions in the world, and a major chapter in the history of the UK legal system. This book gathers over forty leading scholars and practitioners from the UK and beyond to provide a history of the House of Lords as a judicial institution, charting its role, working practices, reputation, and impact on the law and UK legal system. The book examines the origins of the House's judicial wor ... More
The House of Lords has served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years. In 2009, a new UK Supreme Court will take over its judicial functions, closing the doors on one of the most influential legal institutions in the world, and a major chapter in the history of the UK legal system. This book gathers over forty leading scholars and practitioners from the UK and beyond to provide a history of the House of Lords as a judicial institution, charting its role, working practices, reputation, and impact on the law and UK legal system. The book examines the origins of the House's judicial work; the different phases in the court's history; the international reputation and influence of the House in the legal profession; the domestic perception of the House outside the law; and the impact of the House on the UK legal tradition and substantive law.
Keywords:
international reputation,
legal profession,
domestic perception,
UK legal tradition,
UK Supreme Court,
UK legal system
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199532711 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532711.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Louis Blom-Cooper QC, editor
Bencher of the Middle Temple
Brice Dickson, editor
Professor of International and Comparative Law, Queen's University Belfast
Gavin Drewry, editor
Professor of Public Administration, Royal Holloway, University of London
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