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Are bankers just like anybody else and do they deserve protection?

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In The English Constitution (1867), Walter Bagehot noted that it had been said that ?the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it?. The reputation of the Upper House has been badly damaged in the past few weeks by the apparent venality of some rogue peers who (if the allegations are proved) should be expelled from Parliament. But for those who are prepared to take a more focused look, an example of the value of the unpaid work of the House of Lords can be seen in the consideration of the provision of the Banking Bill that confers powers on ministers to amend laws with retrospective effect.

Full post as published by International and UK Law on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).

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