Author: Hazel Genn Publisher: Hart Publishing ISBN: 1841130397 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 399
Book Description
"Effective policy-making in the administration of justice requires a solid understanding of public behaviour. This book presents the results of the most wide-ranging survey ever conducted by an independent body or government agency into the experiences of ordinary citizens as they grapple with the kinds of problems that could ultimately end in the civil courts. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the survey identifies how often people experience problems for which there might be a legal solution and how they set about solving them. Revealing crucial differences in the approach taken to different kinds of potential legal problems, the study describes the factors that influence decisions about whether and where to seek advice about problems, and whether and when to go to law. In addition to exploring experiences of courts, tribunals and ADR processes, the study also provides important insights into public confidence in the courts and the judiciary. For the first time the study reveals the public's perspective on access to civil justice and makes a significant contribution to debate about how far civil justice reforms coincide with public experience and expectations about resolving justiciable problems."--Back cover.
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Justice Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780117064034 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
In January 2009, the then Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, appointed Lord Justice Jackson to lead a fundamental review of the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation. This report intends to establish how the costs rules operate and how they impact on the behavior of both parties and lawyers.
Author: Great Britain: Department for Constitutional Affairs Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780101659123 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 48
Author: Great Britain: Ministry of Justice Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780101819428 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 92
Book Description
In safeguarding national security the Government produces and receives sensitive information. This information must be protected appropriately, as failure to do so may compromise investigations, endanger lives and ultimately lessen its ability to keep the country safe. The increased security and intelligence activity of recent years has led to greater scrutiny including in the civil courts, which have heard a growing numbers of cases challenging Government decisions and actions in the national security sphere. Such cases involve information that under current rules cannot be disclosed in a courtroom. The UK justice system is then either unable to pass judgment and cases collapse or are settled without a judge reaching any conclusions. This green paper aims to respond to the challenges of how sensitive information is treated in the full range of civil proceedings. It looks for solutions that improve the current arrangements while upholding the Government's commitment to the rule of law. It also addresses the need for public reassurance that the national security work is robustly scrutinised, and that the scrutinising bodies are credible and effective. The proposals in this consultation are in three broad areas: enhancing procedural fairness, safeguarding material and reform of intelligence oversight.
Author: Alison Cleland Publisher: W. Green & Son ISBN: Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 430
Book Description
An up-to-date, user-friendly guide to the subject of commercial law as it operates in Scotland, this book is intended primarily for students on commercial law, mercantile law or business law courses. It should also be useful for postgraduate courses and for practitioners
Author: Paul Cairney Publisher: ISBN: 9781845402020 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for 'new politics' that were never fully realised; the influence of, and reactions from, the media and public; the role of political parties; the Scottish Government's relations with the UK Government, ELI institutions, local government, quasi-governmental and non-governmental actors; and, the finance available to fund policy initiatives. It then considers how far Scotland has travelled on the road to constitutional change, comparing the original devolved framework with-calls for independence or a new devolution settlement.
Author: Scottish Law Commission Publisher: ISBN: 9780114973131 Category : Criminal justice, Administration of Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
This publication contains the text, with commentary, of a draft code for the Scottish criminal law, prepared by a group of Scottish academic lawyers. It is a modernising draft based on existing substantive law, and is in the form of a Scottish Parliament Bill, called the 'Criminal Law (Scotland) bill. The code consists of 114 sections and three schedules, and is divided into 10 parts. These relate to general aspects such as the burden of proof, presumption of innocence, causation, defences and penalties; particular offences including sexual and non-sexual offences, offences against property and economic interests, extortion and deception, public order offences and those against law government and the administration of justice, offences against animals; as well as a section dealing with rules on consent, interpretation and final provisions.
Author: Hazel Genn
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Justice
Author: Great Britain: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Author: Charles James Dalrymple Shaw Baron Kilbrandon
Author: Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Author: Alison Cleland
Author: Paul Cairney
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Author: Scottish Law Commission