Extrajudicial Communication
Perspectives and Practice
Published on 14. May 2026
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-5099-8183-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first book to comprehensively address the phenomenon of extrajudicial communication.
With contributions from leading legal scholars, it offers a detailed examination of what judges say outside of the courtroom, when, why, and to what end. The book explores extrajudicial communication through both varying perspectives on its use, and the forms that it takes, including judicial speeches, interviews, life writing and more. It does so with a principal focus on the UK judiciary, but also with reflections on its practice in other common law jurisdictions and at international courts and tribunals. The text unpicks the relationship between these communications, constitutional principles and the modern understanding of the judicial role.
A fascinating and truly novel work on how judges communicate outside the courtroom and why it matters.
With contributions from leading legal scholars, it offers a detailed examination of what judges say outside of the courtroom, when, why, and to what end. The book explores extrajudicial communication through both varying perspectives on its use, and the forms that it takes, including judicial speeches, interviews, life writing and more. It does so with a principal focus on the UK judiciary, but also with reflections on its practice in other common law jurisdictions and at international courts and tribunals. The text unpicks the relationship between these communications, constitutional principles and the modern understanding of the judicial role.
A fascinating and truly novel work on how judges communicate outside the courtroom and why it matters.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
625 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-8183-0 (9781509981830)
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Persons
Helene Tyrrell is Senior Lecturer at the Newcastle University School of Law, UK.
Conall Mallory is Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law, UK.
Conall Mallory is Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law, UK.
Content
Introduction, Helene Tyrrell (Newcastle University, UK) and Conall Mallory (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Part One: Perspectives
1. A Brief History of (Controversial) Extrajudicial Communication, TT Arvind (University of York, UK)
2. Speaking Out: The More, The Better, Allan C Hutchinson (Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada)
3. The United States Supreme Court and the Perils of Extrajudicial Speech, Christopher W Schmidt (Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA)
4. Extrajudicial Discourse and Legal Change, Brice Dickson (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
5. Extrajudicial Rhetoric and the International Judge, Conall Mallory (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
6. Uncomfortable Truths, Cliches and Real Dilemmas: Extrajudicial Discourse on Judicial Diversity, Erika Rackley (University of Birmingham, UK)
7. Extrajudicial Communication: What Changes in Retirement?, Helene Tyrrell (Newcastle University, UK)
8. Beside the Bench: Education, Outreach and the Role of Judicial Assistants in Extrajudicial Discourse, Jacqueline Kinghan (University of Glasgow, UK)
Part Two: Practice
9. Judicial Interviews, Alan Paterson (Strathclyde Law School, UK)
10. The Individual Voice in a Collective Court: Insights from Judicial Lectures, Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan (Cardiff University, UK)
11. Judicial Scholarship (in a Small-ish Democracy): Hallmark, Hobby and/or Hazard?, Dean R Knight (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
12. Methods of Extra-Judicial Participation in Parliament, Alexander Horne (Lincoln's Inn, UK)
13. Whistleblowing in the Judiciary: Extrajudicial Communications, Gar Yein Ng (University of Buckingham, UK)
14. Learning from Lord Hope's Diaries, Lewis Graham (University of Manchester, UK)
15. Judging Memoirs: Life Writing as Extra-Judicial Communication, James Lee (King's College London, UK)
16. Ermine Trims and Marmite Toast: Judicial Portraits from Extrajudicial Aesthetics, Anurag Deb (KRW LAW LLP, UK)
Part One: Perspectives
1. A Brief History of (Controversial) Extrajudicial Communication, TT Arvind (University of York, UK)
2. Speaking Out: The More, The Better, Allan C Hutchinson (Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada)
3. The United States Supreme Court and the Perils of Extrajudicial Speech, Christopher W Schmidt (Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA)
4. Extrajudicial Discourse and Legal Change, Brice Dickson (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
5. Extrajudicial Rhetoric and the International Judge, Conall Mallory (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
6. Uncomfortable Truths, Cliches and Real Dilemmas: Extrajudicial Discourse on Judicial Diversity, Erika Rackley (University of Birmingham, UK)
7. Extrajudicial Communication: What Changes in Retirement?, Helene Tyrrell (Newcastle University, UK)
8. Beside the Bench: Education, Outreach and the Role of Judicial Assistants in Extrajudicial Discourse, Jacqueline Kinghan (University of Glasgow, UK)
Part Two: Practice
9. Judicial Interviews, Alan Paterson (Strathclyde Law School, UK)
10. The Individual Voice in a Collective Court: Insights from Judicial Lectures, Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan (Cardiff University, UK)
11. Judicial Scholarship (in a Small-ish Democracy): Hallmark, Hobby and/or Hazard?, Dean R Knight (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
12. Methods of Extra-Judicial Participation in Parliament, Alexander Horne (Lincoln's Inn, UK)
13. Whistleblowing in the Judiciary: Extrajudicial Communications, Gar Yein Ng (University of Buckingham, UK)
14. Learning from Lord Hope's Diaries, Lewis Graham (University of Manchester, UK)
15. Judging Memoirs: Life Writing as Extra-Judicial Communication, James Lee (King's College London, UK)
16. Ermine Trims and Marmite Toast: Judicial Portraits from Extrajudicial Aesthetics, Anurag Deb (KRW LAW LLP, UK)