TY - BOOK ID - 86134820 TI - The intricacies of dicta and dissent PY - 2021 SN - 1108882595 1108898815 110884149X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Common law KW - Judicial process KW - Dissenting opinions. KW - Methodology. KW - Separate opinions (Dissenting opinions) KW - Judicial opinions KW - Decision making, Judicial KW - Judicial behavior KW - Judicial decision making KW - Judges KW - Law KW - Procedure (Law) KW - Anglo-American law KW - Law, Anglo-American KW - Customary law KW - Psychological aspects KW - Interpretation and construction KW - Obiter dictum UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86134820 AB - Common-law judgments tend to be more than merely judgments, for judges often make pronouncements that they need not have made had they kept strictly to the task in hand. Why do they do this? The Intricacies of Dicta and Dissent examines two such types of pronouncement, obiter dicta and dissenting opinions, primarily as aspects of English case law. Neil Duxbury shows that both of these phenomena have complex histories, have been put to a variety of uses, and are not amenable to being straightforwardly categorized as secondary sources of law. This innovative and unusual study casts new light on - and will prompt lawyers to pose fresh questions about - the common law tradition and the nature of judicial decision-making. ER -