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Lives of the law : selected essays and speeches 2000-2010 /
Tom Bingham (1933-2010) was the 'greatest judge of our time' (The Guardian), a towering figure in modern British public life who championed the rule of law and human rights inside and outside the courtroom. Lives of the Law collects Bingham's most important later writings, in which he...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Contents; I. The Constitution and the Rule of Law; Looking Backward; 1. Magna Carta; 2. The Alabama Claims and the International Rule of Law; 3. Dicey Revisited; 4. The Evolving Constitution; I. The devolutionary principle; II. The representative principle; III. The principle of judicial independence; 5. The Old Order Changeth; Looking Forward; 6. A Written Constitution?; 7. The Future of the House of Lords; II. The Business of Judging; 8. The Judges: Active or Passive?; 9. Governments and Judges: Friends or Enemies?
- 10. The Highest Court in the LandIII. Human Rights and Human Wrongs; 11. The Human Rights Act: A View from the Bench; 12. Personal Freedom and the Dilemma of Democracies; 13. Habeas Corpus; 14. 'The Law Favours Liberty': Slavery and the English Common Law; 15. I Beg Your Pardon; IV. The Common Law; 16. From Servant to Employee: A Study of the Common Law in Action; 17. A Duty of Care: The Uses of Tort; 18. The Law as the Handmaid of Commerce; 19. A New Thing Under the Sun?: The Interpretation of Contracts and the ICS Decision; 20. The Internationalization of the Common Law; V. Lives of the Law
- 21. Dr Johnson and the Law22. Mr Bentham is Present; Index; Notes