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Legal Ethics and Legal Practice$
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Stephen Parker and Charles Sampford

Print publication date: 1996

Print ISBN-13: 9780198259459

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198259459.001.0001

Judicial Fairness and Systemic Bias

Chapter:
(p. 197 ) 9 Judicial Fairness and Systemic Bias
Source:
Legal Ethics and Legal Practice
Author(s):

Wood David

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198259459.003.0010

This chapter deals with the topical issue of systemic judicial bias. The problem is set out in Section II and examined in Section III. Section IV considers a suggested solution, which lies in developing a judicial ethic of fairness. Section V examines the widely-accepted principle that judicial officers should avoid controversy.

Keywords:   systemic judicial bias, legal ethics, judicial ethics of fairness, judicial officers

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