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Zusatztext The value of this publication is to provide a modern-day exposition of the best thinking behind recent constitutional changes. Informationen zum Autor The late Tom Bingham occupied all of the senior judicial positions in the UK: the Master of the Rolls, from 1992-1996; the Lord Chief Justice, from 1996-2000; and the Senior Law Lord, from 2000 until his retirement in 2008. He is the author of The Business of Judging (OUP, 2000) and The Rule of Law (Allen Lane, 2009). A volume of essays in his honour, Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law was published by OUP in 2009. Klappentext 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 brings his distinctive, engaging style to tell the story of the diverse lives of the law: its life in government, in business, and in human wrongdoing. Zusammenfassung Lives of the Law collects the most important later writings of Tom Bingham, heralded as the greatest English judge of the twentieth century. These papers tackle some of the major issues in contemporary public life - from reforming the constitution to the growth of human rights law - and brings them to life for the lawyer and general reader alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword 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 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: Government and Judges: Friends or Enemies? 10: The Highest Court in the Land III. Human Rights and Human Wrongs 11: The Human Rights Act: The 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 Handmaiden 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 Law 22: Mr Bentham is Present ...
