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SUMMARY:Clarendon Law Lecture Series 2024-25: Lecture 3 - Constitutional a
 gency as exercised by the courts - The Right Hon Lord Sales\, (Justice of 
 the Supreme Court)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250310T173000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250310T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Lecture 3: Constitutional agency as exercised by the courts\n\
 nThis lecture discusses the extent to which it is appropriate to regard th
 e courts as exercising agency within the constitution. The courts’ prima
 ry function is to identify and apply the law\, which seems to indicate an 
 absence of agency. But the courts develop the law through the interstices 
 of interpretation and application. In interpreting and applying the law th
 ey exercise a degree of partnership with the legislature. Through human ri
 ghts doctrine they also provide incentives and guidance for the proper fun
 ctioning of a deliberative democratic order. A constitution has many objec
 tives and recognises many values. The courts have responsibility for givin
 g effect to a constitutional order which blends these in a harmonious and 
 justified manner. The lecture explores the way they do this by articulatin
 g fundamental principles and by laying down standards of review for both e
 xecutive and legislative activity.\nSpeakers:\nThe Right Hon Lord Sales\, 
 (Justice of the Supreme Court)
LOCATION:St Cross Building (The Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre)\, St Cross Roa
 d OX1 3UR
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f6d460af-99f7-483d-baa1-da7476a13c33/
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