Justice for Everyone
The Jurisprudence and Legal Lives of Brenda Hale

Featuring original research, this collection celebrates the remarkable career of former Supreme Court President, Brenda Hale.

Rosemary Hunter (Edited by), Erika Rackley (Edited by)

9781108479363, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 May 2022

500 pages
26.3 x 18.4 x 3 cm, 1 kg

'The aim of the book is to provide enjoyment and reflection to students and practitioners who want to 'learn more about the jurisprudence and legal lives of this remarkable woman'. The collection succeeds in this and provides an expert and comprehensive account of how its subject has helped to shape socio-legal history across six decades.' Nick Clapham, The Law Society Gazette

As the first woman to be appointed President of the UK Supreme Court, Brenda Hale was one of the UK's most high profile and influential judges, and she is among the most powerful women leaders of our time. For almost half a century, she pioneered as an educator, reformer, and decision-maker, leaving a distinct mark on the law and the lives of many. In commemoration of her recent retirement from the Supreme Court, this collection celebrates her long and illustrious career. Organised by thematic chapters and featuring original research from leading academics, judges and lawyers, this book offers a comprehensive account of Lady Hale's achievements and enduring impact. The contributors, many of whom were her peers and colleagues, demonstrate how Hale forged her own path within male-dominated institutions, carved a space for herself and others, and, ultimately, endeavoured to promote justice for everyone.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction Rosemary Hunter and Erika Rackley
Part II. Personal Reflections: 2. On the bench with Brenda David Neuberger
3. Lady Hale – leading from the front: Ensuring equality and inclusivity Gita Mittal
4. Lady Hale: A personal reflection Susan Glazebrook
5. Reflections on Lady Hale as an international Judge Beverley McLachlin
Part III. Academic: 6. Women and the law school, 1970s-1980s Celia Wells, Margot Brazier, Lesley Newton, Alison Raeside, Carol Smart, Erika Szyszczak
7. Justice and welfare: Lady Hale and the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law (formerly journal of social welfare law) Mavis Maclean
8. Celebrating Hoggett and Pearl, The family, Law and Society 1983-2009 Daniel Monk
9. Writing Women and the Law Susan Atkins
Part IV. Law Commissioner: 10. The law reformer: Transforming the way that policy is made at the law commission Linda Mulcahy and Peter G Harris
Part V. Judge: Judicial Leadership: 11. Brenda Hale: Supporting and inspiring women judges Laura Cox
12. Assessing Lady Hale's impact on the UK's final appeal courts Alan Paterson
13. The qualities of Lady Hale's legal reasoning Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
14. On personhood for everyone: Brenda Hale's jurisprudence and her Institution-building Judith Resnik
15. Lady Hale and access to justice Hazel Genn and Chris Moss
16. Lady Hale in the South African courts: An illustration of the many roles of foreign case law in South African jurisprudence Catherine O'Regan
Family Law and Children's Rights: 17. Leading the way: Baroness Hale and the new family law John Eekelaar
18. Debates on marriage and cohabitation Rebecca Probert
19. Lady Hale and financial remedies on divorce Alison Diduck
20. Women and domestic abuse Felicity Kaganas
21. Public child law Judith Masson
22. 'Hang on, what about the child in this case?' Lady Hale, champion of children's rights Stephen Gilmore
Human Rights and the State: 23. Orthodox principles and unconventional outcomes in public law David Feldman
24. Lady Hale: Rights, and righting wrongs, in immigration and nationality Devyani Prabhat
25. Baroness Hale: The reality and complexity of welfare law Richard Drabble QC
26. 'A Homemaker as well as a Judge': Lady Hale and judicial home making/unmaking/remaking Helen Carr and Jed Meers
27. Gender equality and article 14 ECHR: Lady Hale's contribution Sandra Fredman
Private Law and the Individual: 28. Mental health and mental capacity law Victoria Butler-Cole QC
29. Lady Hale: Relationality, care and medical law Jonathan Herring
30. Brenda Hale: Understanding discrimination and championing equality Karon Monaghan QC
Part VI. Creative Encounters: 31. Materialising the UK supreme court Jenny Rowe
32. Picturing Brenda Hale: From painted portraits to moving pictures Leslie J Moran
33. Lady Justice: Many sides to a story Susanne Baer
34. Music to honour Lady Hale.

Subject Areas: Local government law [LNDU], Legal history [LAZ], Law & society [LAQ], Common law [LAFC], Systems of law [LAF], Jurisprudence & general issues [LA], Law [L], Central government policies [JPQB], Constitution: government & the state [JPHC], Politics & government [JP]