Lions under the throne : essays on the history of English public law / Stephen Sedley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedley, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public law--England--History.

Public law.

Civil rights--England--History.

Civil rights.

Rule of law--England--History.

Rule of law.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Francis Bacon wrote in 1625 that judges must be lions, but lions under the throne. From that day to this, the tension within the state between parliamentary, judicial and executive power has remained unresolved. Lions under the Throne is the first systematic account of the origins and development of the great body of public law by which the state, both institutionally and in relation to the individual, is governed.

Contents:

Lions in winter : public law in the twentieth century

The dark satanic mills : the Victorian state

New corn from old fields : the Hanoverian harvest

Parchment in the fire : public law in the Interregnum - The future of public law

The royal prerogative

The sovereignty of parliament and the abuse of power

The right to be heard

The separation of powers

Public law and human rights

The state and the law

Standing and 'sitting'

Law without courts : the tribunal system

The rule of law.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316402863

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