Sitting in judgment : the working lives of judges /
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 oth...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2011.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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 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 the 1960s and 1970s tended to reinforce several of these stereotypes. Moreover, occasional high profile incidents in the. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (466 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847318305 1847318304 128012542X 9781280125423 9781472561008 1472561007 9781847317797 1847317790 |
