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The roughly one thousand-member House of Lords is not only a legislative body. It is also a court. In fact it is the final court of appeal for most cases decided in the United Kingdom. These days cases are not heard by the main body of the House of Lords. They are decided by a committee of the House known as the Appellate Committee. There are twelve full-time members on that Committee. These are the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. They are judges who have been appointed into the House of Lords specifically to hear appeals. Sometimes they are helped by the Lord Chancellor. Occasionally they are assisted by other peers who have had experience of high judicial office. The book is based, in part, on interviews conducted with past and present Appellate Committee members and is intended for anyone who is interested in discovering a little more about the personal and professional lives of the men who man the most eminent and powerful judicial body in the United Kingdom.
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'...a useful resource for those new to the subject.' - Roger Masterman, University College London
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MAXWELL BARRETT holds a degree in law from Trinity College Dublin, a PhD in Law from the University of Salford and currently works for a firm of solicitors in the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin. Dr Barrett is the author of books on child law, criminal law, the law of evidence, family law, marriage breakdown law, road traffic law, and sentencing law. He has also contributed a number of articles to various periodicals.
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Book Title: The Law Lords
Book Subtitle: An Account of the Workings of Britain's Highest Judicial Body and the Men Who Preside Over It
Authors: Maxwell Barrett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596993
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59699-3Published: 24 November 2000
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 213
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Law, general