English Judges

Robert Stevens is a former Master of Pembroke College, Oxford and a visiting Professor of Law at Yale University.

• 1 Setting the Tone: The Act of Settlement and the Emergence of the Balance of Powers2 1900–1960: The Declining Role of the English Judiciary3 The Gradual U-Turn4 The Years of Conservative Government (1979-1997)5 Jurisprudence or Politics6 Balance of Powers: The Independence of Individual Judges7 The Balance of Powers: The Judges as a Separate Branch of Government?8 New Labour in Power9 The Second Coming10 The Future

...developments are chronicled by Robert Stevens, sometimes Master of Pembroke, and a long-time student of the judiciary, with characteristic elegance, irony and balance. Michael Beloff The Spectator December 2002 The particular strength of Steven's work lies in his ability to offer extensive descriptions of the various debates and actors involved in the controversies surrounding the English versions of the countermajoritarian difficulty in a way which is at once scholarly and accessible. David Fraser, Brunel University The Law and Politics Book Review April 2003