Sitting in judgment : the working lives of judges /
The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted in the media - and derided in public bars up and down the country - as 'privately educated Oxbridge types', usually 'out-of-touch', and more often than not as 'old men'. These and oth...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2011.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781847318305 1847318304 128012542X 9781280125423 9781472561008 1472561007 9781847317797 1847317790 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Images of judges
- Where do English and Welsh judges come from?
- The first step on the ladder : becoming a part-time judge
- Becoming Her Majesty's judge
- Training
- Judges' working personality
- Criminal business : district judges in the magistrates' court
- Criminal business : circuit judges in the crown court
- Judges and juries
- Civil business in the county court
- Family judges : the patience of Job and the judgment of Solomon
- High court business
- The Court of Appeal
- Brenda and the law lords transform into the Supremes
- Judges on judges
- Tools of the trade
- The world of judges from 2011.