Gee, Graham --- "Judicial policy in England and Wales: a new regulatory space" [2016] ELECD 1556; in Devlin, Richard; Dodek, Adam (eds), "Regulating Judges" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 145

Book Title: Regulating Judges

Editor(s): Devlin, Richard; Dodek, Adam

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781786430786

Section: Chapter 7

Section Title: Judicial policy in England and Wales: a new regulatory space

Author(s): Gee, Graham

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores the changing regulatory space occupied by judges in England and Wales. A highly informal, closed and secretive regime characterized by relatively unfettered ministerial discretion has been replaced by a more formal, open and inclusive regulatory space in which the essential dynamic is increasing judicial self-governance and a corresponding reduction in ministerial involvement. No longer is the running of the judicial system in the Lord Chancellor’s hands alone, but rather multiple actors have a role in the design, execution and review of judicial policy. The chapter considers the causes and consequences of this new collaborative regulatory space.