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The House of Lords
By
Brice Dickson and Paul Carmichael
Description
This new book
examines the House of Lords in both its Parliamentary and its
judicial capacity. A total of 14 contributors discuss such important
topics as the membership of the House,how the House compares with
other second chambers in bicameral legislatures elsewhere, the role
of the Lord Chancellor, the rules concerning discussion of sub judice
matters and the stance taken by the Law Lords towards European
Community law. At a time when the future of the House is once again
under active consideration, the book serves to remind readers of the
significance of the institution to the British constitution. It will
be of interest to students of government and law as well as to
practitioners in the field, including Parliamentarians and judges.
The issues dealt with in this book go to the heart of how democracy
manifests itself in the United Kingdom today.’.
Contributors:
Michael Rush,
Nicholas Baldwin, Rodney Brazier, Paul Carmichael, Andrew Baker,
Patricia Leopold, Gavin Drewry, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper, Brice Dickson,
Barry Fitzpatrick, Anthony Bradney, Patricia Maxwell, Kenny Mullan,
Simon Lee.
Brice Dickson is
Professor of Law at the University of Ulster,Jordanstown.
Paul Carmichael is
a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the Univerity of Ulster.
Contents
Introduction by
Paul Carmichael 3
Ch. 1 The House
of Lords: The Political Context by Michael Rush 7
Ch. 2 The
Membership and Work of the House of Lords by Nicholas Baldwin 29
Ch. 3 The Second
Chamber: Paradoxes and Plans by Rodney Brazier 53
Ch. 4 Second
Chambers - A Comparative Perspective by Paul Carmichael and Andrew
Baker 67
Ch. 5 The Sub
Judice Rule in the House of Lords by Patricia Leopold 91
Introduction by
Robert Stevens 107
Ch. 6 The
Appellate Function by Gavin Drewry and Louis Blom-Cooper 113
Ch. 7 The Lords
of Appeal and their Work 1967-96 by Brice Dickson 127
Ch. 8 The
Judicial Role of the Lord Chancellor by Anthony Bradney 155
Ch. 9 A Dualist
House of Lords in a Sea of Monist Community Law? by Barry
Fitzpatrick 171
Ch. 10 The House
of Lords as a Constitutional Court: The Implications of Ex p. EOC by
Patricia Maxwell 197
Ch. 11 The Impact
of Pepper v. Hart by Kenny Mullan 213
Ch. 12 Uneasy
Cases by Simon Lee 239
Index 253
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