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The independence of the judiciary : the view from the Lord Chancellor's Office /

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Using records kept by the Lord Chancellor's office, Stevens charts the progress of the concept of judicial independence through the Victorian era and the early 20th century up to 1963. We are reminded that of all our great institutions the judiciary has been subject to the least scrutiny and re...

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Main Author:	Stevens, Robert Bocking
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Lord Chancellor's Department. Grande-Bretagne. > Lord Chancellor's Department. Judges > Great Britain. Law > Political aspects. Juges > Grande-Bretagne. Droit > Aspect politique. Judges. Great Britain. Rechterlijke macht. Lord Chancellors. Judiciary > Politics > History England Electronic books. Book.
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