The intricacies of dicta and dissent /
Duxbury, Neil,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The civilian dimension -- Case law as common law -- "Obiter" as legal entity -- Dicta depicted -- Oblique strategies -- Engines of confusion -- The necessity test -- Cheap talk -- Dicta and dicta -- Nearly law? -- Observation and authority -- The sources problem -- Some preliminary observations on dissent -- The nature of judicial dissent -- Without contraries is no progression? -- Stalemates and motivations -- Dissents, decisions, and courts -- The tug of unanimity in England's courts -- Dissent in an apex court -- When is a dissent not a dissent? -- Minorities as authorities -- Are we agreed?
Common law
Dissenting opinions.
Judicial process
Dissenting opinions.
Judicial process.