‘Enemies of the people: defending the independence of the Judges. A little too late and a lot too little? Does their independence matter? Is it being adequately defended? If not, what should be done?’

‘Enemies of the people: defending the independence of the Judges. A little too late and a lot too little? Does their independence matter? Is it being adequately defended? If not, what should be done?’

Tuesday, 25 April 2017 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Nissan Lecture Theater, St Antony's College
Chair: 
Sir Nicholas Stadlen (Alistair Horne Visiting Fellow 2015/2016, Academic Visitor 2016/2017, former English High Court Judge)
Series: 
Law and Politics Seminars
Recording(s): 
‘Enemies of the People: Defending the independence of the Judges. A little too late and a lot too little?'

Speakers: Lord Falconer, former Lord Chancellor under Tony Blair and former member of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Principal of Mansfield College,Oxford and human rights lawyer and Professor Graham Gee, Professor of Public Law at Sheffield University and co-author of The Politics of Judicial Independence in the UK's Changing Constitution.  Please RSVP to jane.bowers@sant.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.