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The Hamlyn Lectures 2010: Lawyers and the Public Good Democracy in Action?

By Alan Paterson
Cambridge University Press September 2011

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ISBN-13
9781107012530
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
September 2011
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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For the 2010 Hamlyn Lectures, Alan Paterson explores different facets of three key institutions in a democracy: lawyers, access to justice and the judiciary.

In the case of lawyers he asks whether professionalism is now in terminal decline. To examine access to justice, he discusses past and present crises in legal aid and potential endgames and in relation to judges he examines possible mechanisms for enhancing judicial accountability.

In demonstrating that the benign paternalism of lawyers in determining the public good with respect to such issues is no longer unchallenged, he argues that the future roles of lawyers, access to justice and the judiciary will only emerge from dialogues with other stakeholders claiming to speak for the public interest.

Table of Contents

Contents:
1. Introduction: determining the public good
2. Professionalism reassessed: what now for lawyers?
3. Access to justice: whither legal aid?
4. Judges and the public good: reflections on the last Law Lords
5. Conclusion: where next?
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