Common law and modern society :

Arden, Mary,

Common law and modern society : keeping pace with change / Mary Arden, Lady Justice of Appeal. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. - x, 317 pages ; 24 cm. - Shaping tomorrow's law ; volume 2 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Responding to social change --
2. Absorbing the impact of constitutional change --
3. Systematic development and reform of the law --
4. Making statute law more accessible --
5. Codification --
6. The future of judgment writing --
7. The judiciary in the twenty-first century: the old order changeth --
8. The future is in their hands.

Law is a lasting social institution, but it must also be responsive to change. In this volume Mary Arden draws upon her experience to examine how judge-made law adapts to the evolving demands of society, how law reform works in practice, and the future of the judiciary in our diverse modern culture.

9780198755845 (hbk.) 0198755848 (hbk.)


Common law
Law reform
Political questions and judicial power
Law--Great Britain.--Great Britain.--Great Britain.--Social aspects--Great Britain.

340.57 / ARD

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