The Politics of Judicial Independence: Follow on Funding

本提案为2013年12月结束的“司法独立的政治”（2011-13）研究项目提供后续资助。根据最近的宪法改革，该项目探讨了司法部门、行政部门和议会之间不断变化的关系，这些改革将司法部门确立为一个更加独立的政府部门。在整个项目期间，研究小组同政府所有三个部门和法律界的代表举行了私人讨论会，以促进他们之间的对话。他们现在希望通过组织一系列讲座、研讨会和会议，在2014年将他们的发现传播给不同的从业者群体，从而将他们的发现传播给更广泛的受众。为了帮助吸引新的受众，许多这些后续活动涉及与伙伴组织合作。促进与非律师人士的对话-为了将讨论扩大到政治和公民社会的更广泛群体，将与不同的智库组织三次研讨会：政策研究中心（保守党倾向），中心论坛（自由民主党）和费边社（工党）。▽促进与政府三部门的对话=针对法官和律师，将在大法院、中寺、司法学院、行政法律师协会等地举行活动。对于国会议员，将与议会各党派宪法小组以及下议院图书馆的议会和宪法中心一起组织活动。白厅将在司法部、司法任命委员会和政府研究所举办研讨会。闭幕会议-这些后续活动将在2014年秋季举行的大型公开会议上圆满结束。它将涉及过去10年的主要参与者（伍尔夫勋爵、法官勋爵、杰克·斯特劳），并解决公众讨论中提出的关键问题：司法机构是否变得过于强大？法官是否足够负责？在媒体上传播——研究团队将通过他们的网页、YouTube、Facebook和Twitter推广所有这些活动，并进行更广泛的讨论。对前大法官和首席大法官的档案采访：研究人员与五位前大法官和三位首席大法官中的大多数人进行了交谈。他们现在计划对他们每个人进行适当的电视质量采访，以创建一个历史档案。这些将形成一个重要的历史记录。大法官和首席大法官一直是最近宪法改革的主角，但出于司法原因，他们一直对自己的角色保持沉默。

This proposal is for follow up funding for the research project on "The Politics of Judicial Independence" (2011-13), which finishes in December 2013. The project explored the changing relations between the judiciary, executive and Parliament in light of recent constitutional reforms which established the judiciary as a more separate branch of government. Throughout the project the research team held private seminars with representatives from all three branches of government and the legal profession, to stimulate dialogue between them. They now want to take their findings out to a wider audience, by organising a series of lectures, seminars and conferences to disseminate their findings to different practitioner communities through 2014. To help engage with new audiences, many of these follow-up activities involve working with partner organisations. Promoting dialogue with non-lawyers- To take the discussion out to wider groups in politics and civil society, three seminars will be organised with different think tanks: the Centre for Policy Studies (Conservative leaning), CentreForum (Lib Dem) and the Fabian Society (Labour). Promoting dialogue with the three branches of government- For judges and lawyers, events will be held in the Supreme Court, Middle Temple, Judicial College and the Administrative Law Bar Association. For Parliamentarians, events will be organised with the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Constitution, and the Parliament and Constitution Centre in the Commons Library. For Whitehall, there will be seminars in the Ministry of Justice, Judicial Appointments Commission and Institute for Government. Closing Conference- These follow up events will conclude with a big public conference in autumn 2014 to round off the programme. It will involve the key participants of the last 10 years (Lord Woolf, Lord Judge, Jack Straw), and address the key questions raised during the public discussions: have the judiciary become too powerful? Are the judges sufficiently accountable? etc.Dissemination in the media - The research team will promote all these events, and wider discussions through their web pages, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.Archival Interviews with former Lord Chancellors and Lord Chief Justices- The researchers have talked to most of the five former Lord Chancellors and three Lord Chief Justices. They now plan to record proper TV quality interviews with each of them to create a historical archive. These would form an important historical record. The Lord Chancellors and Lord Chief Justices have been the leading actors in the recent constitutional changes, but for judicial reasons they have been reticent about their role.