Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Darwinian reflection on judicial values and appointments to final national courts
Chapter 3. From appellate committee to UK Supreme Court : independence, activism and transparencey
Chapter 4. Taking women's property seriously : Mrs. Boland, the House of Lords, the Law Commission and the role of consensus
Chapter 5. 'Inconsiderate alterations in our laws' : legislative reversal of Supreme Court decisions
Chapter 6. (Dis)owning the convention in the law of tort
Chapter 7. Keeping their heads above water? : European law in the House of Lords
Chapter 8. The development of principle by a final court of appeal in matters of private international (common) law
Chapter 9. The law of unjust enrichment in the House of Lords : judging the judges
Chapter 10. Use of scholarship by the House of Lords in tort cases
Chapter 11. Judge and academics : features of a partnership
Chapter 12. Does advocacy matter in the Lords?
Chapter 13. Close calls in the House of Lords