Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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Opinion: “Detention without access: time for Scotland to catch up with rest of UK” [updated]
25 May 2010A phrase frequently uttered by a suspect arrested by the police is: “I ain’t saying nothing until I’ve seen my…
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Open Justice and the Supreme Court
20 May 2010Open justice has long been viewed by the common law as one of the cornerstones of justice. In 1913 the…
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En garde! Let the battle for the new justice of the US Supreme Court begin
14 May 2010President Obama faces a critical legal test with his nomination this week of Elena Kagan, the Solicitor-General, to replace the…
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UKSC judgments: the case for a single, identifiable majority opinion
25 Mar 2010Prior to the Supreme Court being established, a seminar was conducted under Chatham House Rules to discuss how it should…
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Supreme Courts Around the World: Women in the US Supreme Court
24 Mar 2010The confirmation of Lord Dyson as the Twelfth Justice of the UK Supreme Court means that Lady Hale will continue…
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Supreme Courts Around the World: 1 – 28 February 2010
15 Mar 2010The World’s Supreme Courts were busy during February 2010, and a summary of the cases heard in each of them…
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Profiles: Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
11 Mar 2010To continue our series of profiles of the Justices of the Supreme Court (for previous posts see Lord Rodger here,…
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Government responses: Post-judgment positioning, or bland indifference?
23 Feb 2010Both in the UK and abroad, the highest courts are often grappling with the proper limits of anti-terrorism legislation. The…
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Supreme Courts around the World: the last three months in Hong Kong and Ireland
22 Feb 2010A selection of judgments of the Supreme Courts of Hong Kong and Ireland from November 2009 – January 2010 are…
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Confirmation Hearings for Appointment to the Supreme Court: Some Practical Hurdles
22 Feb 2010On 24 January, the UKSC Blog posted a ‘review’ of my Study of Parliament Group Paper, “The Changing Constitution: A…