Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface; Contents; Prologue; 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; 11. Post Script: The Future is the Present
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Summary
In this new book Robert Stevens looks at the English Judiciary from an historical perspective with especial reference to its changing role in the 20th Century. He examines current debates about the position of the judges in the light of the possible future role of the judiciary in the Constitution
