The English judges : their role in the changing constitution / Robert Stevens.

Oxford : Hart, 2002.

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Judges -- Great Britain.

Constitutional history -- Great Britain.

Political questions and judicial power -- Great Britain.

Separation of powers.

Constitutional History -- Great Britain.

1. Setting the tone : the Act of Settlement and the emergence of the balance of powers

2. 1900-1960 : the declining role of the English judiciary

3. The gradual U-turn

4. The years of conservative government (1979-1997)

5. Jurisprudence or politics

6. Balance of powers : the independence of individual judges

7. The balance of powers: the judges as a separate branch of government?

8. New Labour in power

9. The second coming

10. The future.

Includes bibliography and index.

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xiv, 169 p.