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Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law: A Liber Amicorum

Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve

Abstract

Tom Bingham is internationally recognised as one of the most influential judges of the 20th century. Having occupied in succession the most senior judicial offices in the United Kingdom, Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and Senior Law Lord, his judicial and academic work have deeply influenced the development of the law in a period of transformation. His argument for a new UK Supreme Court and incorporation of the European Human Rights Convention and his views on the rule of law and judicial independence have left a profound mark on UK constitutional law. He has also been instrumental ... More

Keywords: rule of law, independence of courts, organization of courts, European and international law, national courts, commercial law, globalization, comparative law

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2009 Print ISBN-13: 9780199566181
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566181.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Mads Andenas, editor
Professor of Law, University of Oslo

Duncan Fairgrieve, editor
Fellow in Comparative Law and Director of the Tort Law Centre at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Editors’ Preface

Table of Contributors

Table of Cases

Table of Statutory Instruments

Table of Statutes

Table of Treaties and Conventions

Introductory Tribute: Lord Bingham of Cornhill

A Biographical Sketch: The Early Years

I The Rule of Law and the Role of Law

1 On Liberty and the European Convention on Human Rights

Mary Arden

2 Variations sur la politique jurisprudentielle: Les juges ont-ils une âme?

Guy Canivet

3 The Rule of Law and Our Changing Constitution1

Anthony Clarke and John Sorabji

4 Lord Bingham and the Human Rights Act 1998: The Search for Democratic Legitimacy During the ‘War on Terror’

Richard Clayton and Hugh Tomlinson

5 Substance and Procedure in Judicial Review

Paul Craig

6 Scandals, Political Accountability and the Rule of Law. Counting Heads?

Walter Van Gerven

7 The Value of Clarity

Murray Gleeson

8 Duty of Care and Public Authority Liability

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel

9 What Decisions Should Judges Not Take?

Jeff rey Jowell

10 The Rule of Law Internationally: Lord Bingham and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Robert McCorquodale

11 The United Kingdom Constitution in Transition: from where to where?

Dawn Oliver

12 The General and the Particular: Parliament and the Courts under the Scheme of the European Convention on Human Rights

Philip Sales

13 The Long Sleep

Stephen Sedley

14 The Reflections of a Craftsman

Brian Simpson

II The Independence and Organization of Court

1 A Supreme Judicial Leader

Brenda Hale

2 Sweden’s Contribution to Governance of the Judiciary*

John Bell

3 Lord Bingham: a New Zealand Appreciation

Sian Elias

4 The Independence of the Judge

David Keene

5 Judicial Independence: A Functional Perspective

Beverley McLachlin

6 Lord Bowen of Colwood: 1835–94

John Mummery

7 Judging the Administration in France: Changes Ahead?1

Jean-Marc Sauvé

III European and International Law in National Courts

1 Jurisdiction

Guido Alpa

2 Aspects of Justiciability in International Law

Lawrence Collins

3 Le Royaume-Uni, la France et la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme

Jean-Paul Costa and Patrick Titiun

4 The Twisted Road from Prince Albert to Campbell, and Beyond: Towards a Right of Privacy?

Roger Errera

5 National Courts and the International Court of Justice*

Rosalyn Higgins

6 European Law and the English Judge

Francis Jacobs

7 Contrôle de Constitutionnalité, Contrôle de Conventionnalité et Judicial Review: La mise en œuvre de la Convention Européenne des droits de l’homme en France et au Royaume-Uni

Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe

8 Rules of International Law in English Courts

Vaughan Lowe

9 Towards an International Rule of Law?

Philippe Sands and Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh

10 The Movement Towards Transparency in Decision Taking1

Konrad Schiemann

11 The Principle of Procedural Autonomy and the Duty of Loyal Cooperation of National Judges under Article 10 EC

Vassilios Skouris

12 Lord Bingham: Of Swallows and International Law

Gillian Triggs

13 Who Calls the Shots? Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Law, and the Governance of Britain

Colin Warbrick

IV Commercial Law and Globalization

1 ‘… With a view to despatch and the saving of expense’.1 How the Commercial Court has attempted to meet the demands of the business community for efficient and cost-effective litigation procedures.2

Richard Aikens

2 Lord Bingham and Three Continuing Remedial Controversies

Andrew Burrows

3 Economic Reasoning and Judicial Review*

Stephen Breyer

4 What Could the Selection by the Parties of English Law in a Civil Law Contract in Commerce and Finance Truly Mean?

Jan Dalhuisen

5 Lord Bingham, Anti-Suit Injunctions and Arbitration

Steven Gee

6 Earth, Air, and Space: the Cape Town Convention and Protocols and their Contribution to International Commercial Law

Roy Goode

7 Lord Bingham’s Contributions to Commercial Law

Bernard Rix

V Comparative Law in the Courts

1 The Road Ahead for the Common Law1

Robin Cooke

2 Recent Reforms in Australia to the Law of Negligence with Particular Reference to the Liability of Public Authorities

David Ipp

3 The Lords, Tom Bingham, and Australia

Michael Kirby

4 Goethe, Bingham, and the Gift of an Open Mind

Basil Markesinis

5 On the Waning Magic of Territoriality in the Conflict of Laws

Horatia Muir Watt

6 Shielding the Rule of Law

Anne-Marie Slaughter

7 Benefits of Comparative Tort Reasoning: Lost in Translation

Jane Stapleton

8 Le Conseil d’Etat, so British?

Bernard Stirn

9 The Bingham Court*

Vincenzo Zeno–Zencovich

10 ‘There is A World Elsewhere’—Lord Bingham and Comparative Law

Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve

End Matter

Index