The Clanking of Medieval Chains
Lord McCluskey asks how judges, with the same starting materials in terms of fact and legal tradition, can come to such diametrically opposite conclusions.
Serving Judge Lord McCluskey gives his second Reith lecture from the series entitled 'Law, Justice and Democracy'.
In this lecture entitled 'The Clanking of Medieval Chains', Lord McCluskey examines how judges think. He asks how with precisely the same starting materials in terms of fact and legal tradition, judges can come to such diametrically opposite conclusions.
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- Wed 12 Nov 1986 09:0091热爆 Radio 4
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