Covenants without Swords; Swords without Covenants Hobbes declared that 'covenants, without the sword, are but words'...
The new localism: Local government and the Constitution Many argue that Britain has become too centralized, that Whitehall...
Humour and satire as the canary down the mine shaft of government Laughter may not be the most obviously fearsome weapon in...
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Dickens’s law makers and law breakers: Barnard's Inn and beyond Dickens had no love for lawyers. He had been trained...