A paper examining the controversy that surrounds the question of what Judges are doing when they are deciding cases
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Judges as law-makers
- The significance of attack on conventionalism
- The Greater London Council's resolution in the Labor party manifesto
- A study of the Transport London act
- Bibliography
- Conclusion
Abstract
If we accept the hypothesis, that judges do indeed make law through their decisions, we need to look closely at the judges themselves to decide whether they are capable of performing that function. judges are not, in this country, elected, as are the other law-makers (the legislators). If judges had no law-making role, then the uncertainty over judicial decision making would not arise; it would not matter whether the judiciary was representative of the society within which it operates, or whether it was capable of acting impartially. Lord Denning stated that: "Every judge on his appointment discards all politics and all prejudices. You need have no fear. The judges of England have always in the past - and always will - be vigilant in guarding our freedoms. Someone must be trusted. Let it be the judges."
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