| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 196 pages) |
| Contents |
Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Introduction; 2. The Nature of the Appellate Process; 3. Origins and Development of the Court of Appeal; 4. New Public Management in the Court of Appeal: The Woolf and Bowman Reforms; 5. A Right of Appeal?; 6. The Court of Appeal at Work -- Some Facts and Figures; 7. The Judges; 8. Judgments; 9. Unrepresented Applicants; 10. Who has the Last Word? The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords; 11. Reversal by the Lords: Polanski, Porter, Roma and Begum |
| Summary |
Civil justice has been undergoing a massive transformation. There have been big changes in the management of judicial business; the Human Rights Act 1988 has had a pervasive impact; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 has effected many changes - notably, the prospective transfer of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords to a new Supreme Court. Against this backcloth of radical change, this book looks at the recent history and the present-day operation of the civil division of the Court of Appeal - a court that, despite its pivotal position, has attracted surprisingly little scholarly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
England. Court of Appeal
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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Rechterlijke macht.
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Courts of appeal.
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Beroepsrecht.
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Rechters.
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blom-Cooper, Louis, 1926-2018
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Blake, Charles, LL. M.
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| ISBN |
9781847313591 |
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1847313590 |
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1281082597 |
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9781281082596 |
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9781472560063 |
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147256006X |
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