Office of Lord Chancellor - Hardcover

Woodhouse, Diana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841130214 ISBN 13: 9781841130217

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

This book is wide-ranging and well written and it contains a good bibliography. Gavin Drewry, University of London Journal of Legislative Studies May 2001 Diana Woodhouse has written an extremely good short booktaut, precise and clear style David Robertson Law Quarterly Review May 2001

About the Author:

Diana Woodhouse is a Professor of Law at Oxford Brookes University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1841130214
• ISBN 13: 9781841130217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236