Como Funciona a Suprema Corte Britânica

Interessante artigo na Prospect:
The comparison with the US is relevant. In 1935, the justices of the US Supreme Court moved from the Capitol building to an imposing new courthouse, which had been built to reflect the court’s central constitutional role. At the time, judicial “activism” was on the rise. In the US, where Supreme Court justices are appointed by the president, the rulings have tended to be partisan and predictable—although there is also a long tradition of presidents being disappointed by their own appointees. In Britain, by contrast, where justices are nominated not for their political affiliation but because they are said to have the best legal minds in the country, the principle of judicial independence is firmly voiced. “We’re the antithesis of politics, really,” said Lord Hope, the Court’s deputy president who, having become a law lord in 1996, is the longest-serving justice.