The Rule of Law, Tom Bingham'The most eminent of our judges' defines one of the key ideas in history and the contemporary world 'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law lord, and one of the world's most acute legal minds,

author of The Hunger GamesWhat are we

Peter Robinson and Stuart MacBride

this anthology presents a series of essays that examine the visual style of the filmmakers of cinema's classic period

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The result is a sometimes shocking

They were icons of a new generation of rock-star designers who headlined the transformation of luxury fashion from a small clutch of family-owned businesses into a global

'Immensely readable

Can he trust his friends—or his own mind—to make sense of the danger they appear to be in

Drawing on interviews

In this nonfiction

His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages

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