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Zusatztext … this is a very readable, well-written, frank, authoritative and enjoyable account of the reality of the day-to-day working lives of English judges. Anyone interested in what really happens in the English courts, in the reality of professional life for judges at whatever level of the English system and the context in which judicial decisions are made in those courts will be unlikely to find a more gritty and realistic account. Informationen zum Autor Penny Darbyshire is a Professor of Law at Kingston University, having been a lecturer, senior lecturer and reader at Kingston University since 1978. She is also an adjunct associate professor, University of Notre Dame, London Law Centre, and was a visiting lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, from 1992 until 1993. She was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge in 2005. She has a first degree in law, a master's degree in criminology and a Ph D in socio-legal studies. Klappentext The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted, in the media - and derided in public bars up and down the country - as 'privately educated Oxbridge types', usually 'out of touch', and more often than not as 'old men'. These and other stereotypes - the judge as a pervert, the judge as a right-wing Tory-voting monster - have dogged the judiciary long since any of them ceased to have any basis in fact. Indeed the limited research that was permitted in 1960s and 70s tended to reinforce several of these stereotypes. Moreover, occasional high profile incidents in the courts, elaborated with the help of satirists such as Private Eye and Monty Python, have ensured that the 'old white Tory judge' caricature not only survives but has come to be viewed as incontestable. Since the late 1980s the judiciary has changed, largely as a result of the introduction of training and new and more transparent methods of recruitment and appointment. But how much has it Zusammenfassung Penny Darbyshire was given unprecedented access to judges in the whole range of courts – from magistrates' courts to the Supreme Court, and spent seven years accompanying them in their daily work. This resulting account is without doubt the most revealing and compelling picture of the modern judiciary in England and Wales ever seen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Images of Judges 3 Where Do English and Welsh Judges Come From? 4. The First Step on the Ladder: Becoming a Part-time Judge 5. Becoming Her Majesty's Judge 6. Training 7. Judges'Working Personality 8. Criminal Business: District Judges in the Magistrates' Court 9. Criminal Business: Circuit Judges in the Crown Court 10. Judges and Juries 11. Civil Business in the County Court 12. Family Judges: The Patience of Job and the Judgment of Solomon 13. High Court Business 14. The Court of Appeal 15. Brenda and the Law Lords Transform into the Supremes 16. Judges on Judges 17. Tools of the Trade 18. The World of Judges from 2011...
