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List of contents
Contents: General Principles: The rule of law and its virtue, Joseph Raz; Toward neutral principles of constitutional law, Herbert Weschler. On Slavery: The Dred Scott decision in the light of contemporary legal doctrines, Edward S. Corwin; Somerset: Lord Mansfield and the legitimacy of slavery in the Anglo-American world, William M. Wiecek. On Social and Economic Rights Prior to the Keynesian Orthodoxy: Liberty of contract, Roscoe Pound; Judicial review of social policy in England, Harold J. Laski. On the Liberty of the Person in Time of War, The Japanese American cases - a disaster, Eugene V. Rostow; Liversidge v Anderson in retrospect, R.V.F. Heuston. The South(ern) African Crisis of the 1890s and 1950s: Constitutionalism in the South African Republics, L.M. Thompson; The entrenched sections of the South Africa Act: 2 great legal battles, Denis V. Cowan. Changing Perceptions of the United Kingdom Parliament: The basis of legal sovereignty, W.H.R. Wade; Sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament after factortame, P.P. Craig. Canada - a Via Media between British and American Principle?: Law, convention and prerogative: reflections prompted by the Canadian constitutional case, T.R.S. Allan. Freedom of Expression and Political Accountability: The New York Times case: a note on 'the central meaning of the 1st Amendment', Harry Kalven Jr; Engineers is dead, long live the engineers, George Williams; Name index.
About the author
Ian D. Loveland
Summary
This title was first published in 2000: The book contains articles drawn from several common law jurisdictions, which are intended to explore the extent of the commonality between the countries concerned in respect of their fundamental constitutional principles.
