How Judges Decide Cases is a unique and practical guide which looks at
how cases are decided and judgments are written. It examines the style
and language of judges expressing judicial opinion and considers the
drive for rational justice. The book is founded upon independent
research in the form of interviews conducted with judges at every level,
from deputy district judges to justices of the Supreme Court, and the
practical application of academic material more usually devoted to the
structure and analysis of wider prose writing. This new edition has been
revised to take into account modern scientific thinking on bias in
decision-making and is generic to all areas of contentious law. Newly
appointed recorders, deputy judges, tribunal chairman, lay magistrates
and arbitrators as well as experienced practitioners will find it
invaluable as a guide to the deconstruction of judgments for the purpose
of appeal.