Law and politics the House of Lords as a judicial body, 1800-1976.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979.

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Courts.

Courts -- History.

One Introduction: power and professionalism, 1800-1844

PART ONE FROM O'CONNELL TO THE PARLIAMENT CRISIS 1844-1912

Two Law, Politics, and the appellate jurisdiction

Three Politics and jurisprudence

Four Dramatis personate

Five The substantive law

PART TWO THE RISE OF THE PROFESSIONALS 1912-1940

Six Law, politics, and the ambit of decision

Seven The political tradition

Eight Competing traditions

Nine Vying professional approaches

PART THREE THE ERA OF SUBSTANTIVE FORMALISM 1940-1955

Ten The politics of substantive formalism

Eleven The mechanics of substantive formalism

PART FOUR MODERN TIMES 1956-1976

Twelve Political change and the lord chancellors

Thirteen Four Interpretations

Fourteen The law lords: the first decade

Fifteen The last decades

Sixteen Conclusions and reflections.

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