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Preface

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Vincent
AuthorFrederic Reynold
Pages11-12

PREFACE

This book has been written in the hope that it may appeal to both lawyers and non-lawyers alike who have an interest in the dynamics of judicial decision-making in our highest court. Essentially, it is an attempt to explain why the Law Lords, and (since 2009) the Justices of the Supreme Court, have quite frequently disagreed with each other, and what they have tended to disagree about. The book does not discuss the merits of the competing arguments and points of view: it is about why and how disagreements occur, and what this may mean in the general scheme of things. Inevitably, it has been written from the perspective of someone who has spent the entirety of his professional life as an advocate, and not as an academic.

Finding the right authorial tone has proved a tricky business. On the one hand it seemed appropriate to avoid the customary impersonal style associated with the writing of legal text books or works of legal scholarship; and on the other, it seemed equally appropriate to avoid what may be described as a somewhat journalistic approach with the occasional lapse into the first person. As in this case much of the comment and analysis reflect what is essentially the writer’s personal point of view, the latter, in particular, has not proved easy...

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