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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Judicial Mind: A Festschrift for Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore by Edited by Professor Brice Dickson Edited by Conor McCormick
This book is a tribute to Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore who died aged 72 on 1 December 2020 having retired from the UK Supreme Court just two months earlier with an exceptional reputation for independence of thought fairness and humanitarianism. Lord Kerr’s expertise in public law human rights law criminal law and family law features prominently as does the importance of his dissenting judgments influential case law from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council the legacy of his influence on Northern Ireland and the significance of his place in the historical development of judicial roles and responsibilities more generally.