I am most grateful to my noble friend for giving way. He is making the distinction, in a brilliant speech, between judges making the law and interpreting the law, but is that not precisely what the European Court does: it makes the law, which is then interpreted back?
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Spicer
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 27 October 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
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