Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE HOUSE AS A CHAMBER OF PARLIAMENT Introduction Paul Carmichael Chapter 1. The House of Lords: The Political Context Michael Rush Chapter 2. The Membership and Work of the House of Lords Nicholas Baldwin Chapter 3. The Second Chamber: Paradoxes and Plans Rodney Brazier Chapter 4. Second Chambers—A Comparative Perspective Paul Carmichael and Andrew Baker Chapter 5. The Sub Judice Rule in the House of Lords Patricia Leopold PART TWO: THE HOUSE AS A SUPREME COURT Introduction Robert Stevens Chapter 6. The Appellate Function Gavin Drewry and Sir Louis Blom-Cooper Chapter 7. The Lords of Appeal and their Work 1967–96 Brice Dickson Chapter 8. The Judicial Role of the Lord Chancellor Anthony Bradney Chapter 9. A Dualist House of Lords in a Sea of Monist Community Law? Barry Fitzpatrick Chapter 10. The House of Lords as a Constitutional Court: The Implications of Ex p. EOC Patricia Maxwell Chapter 11. The Impact of Pepper Kenny Mullan Chapter 12. Uneasy Cases Simon Lee

About the Author

Brice Dickson is Professor of Law at the University of Ulster,Jordanstown. Paul Carmichael is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the Univerity of Ulster.

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This informative work will be useful for specialists in British politics.
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