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Lord Kilmuir: A Vignette
Neil Duxbury
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Description for Lord Kilmuir: A Vignette
Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQ; LAZ; LBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
This short book examines the career and achievements of Lord Kilmuir (David Maxwell Fyfe), a British politician and former Lord Chancellor who is mainly remembered for some poor and unpopular decisions but who nevertheless made a considerable mark on twentieth-century legal development. After the Second World War, Kilmuir not only excelled as a fellow prosecutor with Justice Robert Jackson at Nuremberg but also played a significant role in the effort to restore European unity, particularly through his involvement in the drafting of the European Convention on Human Rights. Drawing on archival and other primary sources, this book considers Kilmuir’s initiatives ... Read more
This short book examines the career and achievements of Lord Kilmuir (David Maxwell Fyfe), a British politician and former Lord Chancellor who is mainly remembered for some poor and unpopular decisions but who nevertheless made a considerable mark on twentieth-century legal development. After the Second World War, Kilmuir not only excelled as a fellow prosecutor with Justice Robert Jackson at Nuremberg but also played a significant role in the effort to restore European unity, particularly through his involvement in the drafting of the European Convention on Human Rights. Drawing on archival and other primary sources, this book considers Kilmuir’s initiatives ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782256236
SKU
V9781782256236
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Ref
99-10
About Neil Duxbury
Neil Duxbury is Professor of English Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Reviews for Lord Kilmuir: A Vignette
This short book goes a long way to explaining the Tory commitment to the ECHR at its inception. The case for our continued commitment to the European Court of Human Rights remains compelling. Duxbury’s triumph is to explain why Kilmuir would agree.
Sara Ibrahim
Progress - Labour's progressives
This text is enlivened with acute asides on matters ... Read more
Sara Ibrahim
Progress - Labour's progressives
This text is enlivened with acute asides on matters ... Read more