“… In this lecture, I want to explore three main themes within an overall examination of the relationship between judges and academics. First, I want to outline the change that took place towards the end of the last century in relation to the influence of academics on judges in England and Wales. Secondly, I want to examine how the work of academics can help appellate judges. And here I will be putting forward a plea for the importance of what I have termed ‘practical legal scholarship’. Thirdly, drawing on my own recent experience, I would like to consider how being a judge on the UK Supreme Court differs from being an academic …”
Lord Burrows, Judges and Academics, and the Endless Road to Unattainable Perfection, Lionel Cohen Lecture, 25 October.
First posted 2021-12-07 16:30:13
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