Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 422 Seiten)
Edition:
2014
ISBN:
9781849468602
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9781849468589
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9781849468596
Content:
1. Introduction -- Matthew Dyson, James Lee and Shona Wilson Stark -- 2. Fifty Years of the Law Commissions: The Dynamics of Law Reform Now, Then and Next -- Lady Hale -- Part 2: The First Half-Century of the Commissions -- 3. Introduction -- Lord Hodge -- 4. Strategies of the Early Law Commission -- Paul Mitchell -- 5. Fifty Years of Law Reform-A Note on the Northern Ireland Style -- Neil Faris -- 6. Working on the Larger Canvas-Law Reform in a Federal System: Thoughts on Forty Years of the Australian Law Reform Commission -- Kathryn Cronin -- 7. Law Reform and Social Policy -- Eric Clive -- Part 3: Institutions, Commissions, Committees, Codifiers -- 8. Introduction -- Lord Beith -- 9. Memoir of a Reforming Chairman -- Sir Terence Etherton -- 10. The Duty to Make the Law More Accessible? -- The Two C-Words -- George L Gretton -- 11. The Former Law Commission of Canada: The Road Less Travelled -- Yves Le Bouthillier -- 12. The Law Commission and the Criminal Law: Reflections on the Codification Project -- Ian Dennis -- Part 4: The Many Faces of Law Reform -- 13. Introduction -- Lord Carnwath -- 14. Democracy, Law Reform and the Rule of Law -- Lord Toulson -- 15. Promoting Law Reform: By Means of Draft Bills or Otherwise -- Shona Wilson Stark -- 16. Law Commissions, Courts and Society: A Sceptical View -- William Binchy -- 17. A Good Name, a Long Game -- Laura Dunlop -- Part 5: Implementation by Statute -- 18. Introduction -- Dame Mary Arden -- 19. The Legislative Implementation of Law Reform Proposals -- Sir Grant Hammond -- 20. Post-legislative Scrutiny, Legislative Drafting and the 'Elusive Boundary' -- Andrew Burrows -- 21. Reflections on Statutory Implementation in the Law Commission -- Nicholas Paines -- 22. Implementation by Statute: What the Future Holds -- Hector MacQueen -- Part 6: How Law Commissions Work -- 23. Introduction -- Sir James Munby -- 24. The Law Commission Method: Exportable to the EU? -- Hugh Beale -- 25. How Law Commissions Work: Some Lessons from the Past -- David Johnston -- 26. Challenges for Independent Law Reformers from Changing External Priorities and Shorter Timescales -- Sir Jack Beatson -- 27. The Bill's Progress -- Stephen Lewis -- Part 7: Courts and Commissions -- 28. Introduction -- Lord Drummond Young -- 29. The Etiquette of Law Reform -- James Lee -- 30. Law Reform in Private Law: The Role of Statutes in Supplementing or Supplanting the Common Law -- Barbara McDonald -- 31. The Refiner's Fire -- Charles Harpum -- 32. Reflections on the Courts and the Commission -- David Ormerod -- Part 8: Commissioning the Future -- 33. Introduction -- Elizabeth Cooke -- 34. The Scottish Law Commission and the Future of Law Reform in Scotland -- Lord Pentland -- 35. Looking to the Future -- Sir David Lloyd Jones -- 36. Commissioning the Future-A Chief Executive's Perspective -- Elaine Lorimer -- 37. Implementation of Law Reform Reports: Developments in Scotland -- Malcolm McMillan -- 38. The Future is a Foreign Country, They Do Things Differently There -- Matthew Dyson -- 39. Making Law-Who, How and What? -- KJ Keith
Content:
This book brings together past and present law commissioners, judges, practitioners, academics and law reformers to analyse the past, present and future of the Law Commissions in the United Kingdom and beyond. Its internationally recognised authors bring a wealth of experience and insight into how and why law reform does and should take place, covering statutory and non-statutory reform from national and international perspectives. The chapters of the book developed from papers given at a conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Law Commissions Act 1965
Note:
Enthält bibliographische Angaben und einen Index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849468572
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fifty Years of the Law Commissions: the Dynamics of Law Reform Now, Then and Next (Veranstaltung : 2015 : London) Fifty years of the law commissions Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2016 ISBN 9781849468572
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Großbritannien Law Commission
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Rechtsreform
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Geschichte
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Konferenzschrift
;
Festschrift
DOI:
10.5040/9781849468602
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