Download or read book The Jurisprudence of Lord Denning written by Charles Stephens and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing about Lord Denning in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Lord Goff wrote that â ~Denning was a great master of the common lawâ ].he was one of the greatest and most influential judges ever to sit on the English benchâ ].few would dispute that Denning was the greatest English judge of the twentieth centuryâ (TM). Lord Goff added that Lord Denning â ~taught the English judiciary that the common law cannot stand still [but] must be capable of development on a case by case basis; to ensure that the principles of the common law are apt to do practical justice in a living societyâ (TM). Fiat Justitia is concerned with Lord Denningâ (TM)s place in the common law tradition, as defined by Fortescue, Coke and Blackstone. Lord Denningâ (TM)s approach to the role of the Judge, and the use of judicial discretion, set in the context of the common law tradition, and the assessments of his contemporaries, is evaluated with particular attention being paid to his understanding of precedent, statutory interpretation, individual rights and control of the abuse of power. Lord Denningâ (TM)s jurisprudence, as an expression of the common law tradition, is also considered in relation to current developments in the law.