By: Sabine Kurjo McNeill
I’ve been to a number of family court, Crown Court and Appeal Court hearings and have heard LOTS of complaints from victims of white collar crimes. See http://victims-unite.net with 112,000 visits in...
View ArticleBy: MTPT
One problem with that claiming a “democratic deficit” exists is the integral assertion that democracy is necessary or relevant to the process or institution under consideration. Polticians – of...
View ArticleBy: ObiterJ
Could not agree more but I would not be holding my breath for the resources to be made available to place all the material on the internet – great as it would be. This is attempt to take power away...
View ArticleBy: Tim ( @TimRegency )
Complaining about a ‘democratic deficit’ in the courts is like complaining that the batsman is attending the crease without a bunch of flowers. I also find it ironic that the principal complainants are...
View ArticleBy: Geoffrey
“Democratic” seems to be something of a buzzword. Taken literally it means rule by the people, by implication, all the people. It does not mean rule by the majority alone, that’s mob rule. It certainly...
View ArticleBy: jtownend
Excellent and timely piece, thank you. Important questions are being raised about secret hearings, but we shouldn’t forget that even the information that a judge considers legitimately public isn’t...
View ArticleBy: Jono793
The Government is supposed to be democratic. The Judiciary is supposed to be independent. That’s how it works. You could argue that there’s a deficit of transparency and accessibility in the courts,...
View ArticleBy: Jon
I note there was no mention of ‘democratic deficit’ during the Jubilee weekend…
View ArticleBy: Geoffrey
Jon, I think that there was no talk of “democratic deficit” during the Jubilee weekend for the good and sufficient reason that the Monarchy actually underpins and stabilises the parliamentary...
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