Judges reactions to having their cases reversed.

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 08 Jan 2004 11:00 PST

Jkaleo,
What specifically are you looking for? Are you looking for documented
examples of judges' reactions to reversals of cases handled by them?

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Clarification of Question by jkaleo-ga on 08 Jan 2004 11:37 PST

Yes.  The reaction could be anoymous.  I am looking for articles,
books, interviews, psych studies, anything that represents what I am
looking for.

Thank you!

In England, judges typically refuse to discuss the issue entirely, or
where they will comment, only in general terms. There was a recent TV
programme looking at a small minority of judges who have well above
the average number of decisions reversed at appeal:

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/judges_in_the_dock/index.html

The programme was discussed at:
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/thinktv/comments/1203_judges.html

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:wTWYeFRPyd8J:www.lawgazette.co.uk/articles/40.asp+mark+easton+judges&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
(this is a Google cache of  cache of http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/articles/40.asp

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,584-936098,00.html
(this page may require registration if you are outside the UK)

A google search for Mark Easton may produce further links

Owain

I agree with owain-ga about English judges, you simply don't get to be
one without an acute sense of the "proper" way to behave. I've seen
Judge Benson, one of those in the documentary, in action sentencing
offenders (not me!) and while his manner is bombastic in the extreme,
his attitude to superior courts and judges will always be one of
deference.

But did that excuse the silence of Lord Hoffman in Re Pinochet?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/617425.stm