The Antinomies of the Law Officers

Neil Walker

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198262732.003.0006

The Antinomies of the Law Officers

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Abstract

This chapter examines the antimonies of the law officers of the Crown in Great Britain. It highlights the tension between law officers' attachment to a particular government on the one hand and their commitment to the integrity of the legal and political order on the other hand. It describes the three models of law officers and suggests that the non-political model ignores the fact that decision-making in the public interest is based on political criteria.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Nature of the Crown
Subtitle of host publication	A Legal and Political Analysis
Editors	Maurice Sunkin, Sebastian Payne
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	135-64
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Print)	0198262736, 9780198262732
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198262732.003.0006
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

law officers
political order
legal order
public interest

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