{"product_id":"9781509952694-courts-and-the-people-friend-or-fo","title":"The Courts and the People: Friend or Foe?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Putney Debates 2019. Are the courts our friend or our foe? This book has three parts: Part I considers the case for judicial independence Part II looks at the question 'Is judicial independence under threat?'Part III reflects on whether judicial independence be defended and protected.Prompted by the constitutional crisis following the referendum of 2016, the Foundation for Law Justice and Society convened  the second Putney Debates. Now convened on an annual basis, they provide a forum each year for the discussion of matters of constitutional importance. The original Putney Debates were held in St Mary’s Church, Putney in 1647.  The Civil War had been won, the King was held prisoner, the New  Model  Army was in control. In late October of that year, the weekly  meeting of  the High Council of the New Model Army, under the  chairmanship of  Oliver Cromwell, together with several civilians,  turned into a debate  about the constitution. This is perhaps the only  occasion in modern  history that a constitutional convention has been  held on the English  constitution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41084105261153,"sku":"9781509952694","price":40.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/93aa741faf941385c67a2aae081f8850.jpg?v=1700640766","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509952694-courts-and-the-people-friend-or-fo","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}