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Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

By: John Hostettler,Richard Braby

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Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

By: John Hostettler,Richard Braby

Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice Paperback - 17 January 2011 by John Hostettler and Richard Braby. With a Foreword by Geoffrey Robertson QC. In stock. Usually despatched within 24 hours Price: £22.95FREE Delivery in the UK Ebook versions also available - How will I read it? Buy: Kindle | Apple Books | Google Play (external links) Plus other sellers - search the web by format: EPUB | PDF (Click for a free online preview of this book) Paperback | ISBN 9781904380696 | Published 17 January 2011 | 352 pages | Edition New Format | Publisher Waterside Press Book description A comprehensive account of lawyer William Garrow’s life, career, family and connections. Sir William Garrow was born in Middlesex in 1760 and called to the Bar in 1783. He was the dominant figure at the Old Bailey from 1783 to 1793, later becoming an MP, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and finally a judge and lawmaker within the Common Law Tradition. Sir William Garrow is a generous work in which well-known legal historian and biographer John Hostettler and family story-teller Richard Braby (a descendant of Garrow) combine their skills and experience to produce a gem of a book. ‘Without the pioneering work of William Garrow, the legal system would be stuck in the Middle Ages’: Radio Times ‘Right – hands up all those who have heard of William Garrow. Hmm, thought so – me neither. That will all change ….’ Frances Gibb's Law Section, The Times Aside from BBC1 TV’s prime-time drama series ‘Garrow’s Law’, the story of Sir William Garrow’s unique contribution to the development of English law and Parliamentary affairs is so far little known by the general public. This book tells the real story of the man behind the drama. Garrow is now in the public-eye for daring to challenge entrenched legal ways and means. His ‘gifts to the world’ include altering the relationship between judge and jury (the former had until then dominated over the latter in criminal trials), helping to forge the presumption of innocence and ensuring a general right to put forward a defence using a trained lawyer. He gave new meaning to the forensic art of cross-examination, later diverting skills honed as a radical to help the Crown when it was faced with plots, treason and revolution.The lost story of Sir William Garrow and its rediscovery will prove intriguing for professional and general readers alike and will be an invaluable ‘missing-link’ for legal and social historians. It is also a remarkable work of genealogical research which will register strongly with family historians.

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1904380557

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Tropical Rain Forests

An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison

By: Richard T. Corlett,Richard B. Primack

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Tropical Rain Forests

An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison

By: Richard T. Corlett,Richard B. Primack

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of ‘the rain forest’ as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical rain forest regions, in tropical America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and New Guinea, have as many differences as similarities, as a result of their isolation from each other during the evolution of their floras and faunas. This new edition reinforces this message with new examples from recent and on-going research. After an introduction to the environments and geological histories of the major rain forest regions, subsequent chapters focus on plants, primates, carnivores and plant-eaters, birds, fruit bats and gliding animals, and insects, with an emphasis on the ecological and biogeographical differences between regions. This is followed by a new chapter on the unique tropical rain forests of oceanic islands. The final chapter, which has been completely rewritten, deals with the impacts of people on tropical rain forests and discusses possible conservation strategies that take into account the differences highlighted in the previous chapters. This exciting and very readable book, illustrated throughout with color photographs, will be invaluable reading for undergraduate students in a wide range of courses as well as an authoritative reference for graduate and professional ecologists, conservationists, and interested amateurs.

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John Wiley & Sons

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144439228X

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9781444392289

Dolphin Square

The History of a Unique Building

By: Terry Gourvish,Terence Richard Gourvish

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Dolphin Square

The History of a Unique Building

By: Terry Gourvish,Terence Richard Gourvish

Dolphin Square - the large, imposing red brick building on the North bank of the Thames - was and is no ordinary block of flats. Created for MPs, peers and entertainers required to work in London, the Square was built on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-1930s. It was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when built was the largest single residential building in Europe. This book tells the story of the project and captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including Sir Menzies Campbell, Alistair Darling, William Hague, Mo Mowlam, Sir David Steel, Christine Keeler, Sid James, Barbara Windsor and Princess Anne. Beginning with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, the book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the Dolphin Square Trust, which managed the flats on a non profit-making basis for 40 years. Its unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the Trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off in 2006 ... provide[s] a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and management"--Publisher's description.

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A&C Black

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1472911091

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Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17

By: David Strachan,David Sneddon,Richard Tipping

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Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17

By: David Strachan,David Sneddon,Richard Tipping

Excavation of seven turf buildings at Lair in Glen Shee confirms the introduction of Pitcarmick buildings to the hills of north-east Perth and Kinross in the early 7th century AD. Clusters of these at Lair, and elsewhere in the hills, are interpreted as integrated, spatially organised farm complexes comprising byre-houses and outbuildings.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1789693160

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9781789693164

Imperial 1O9

By: Richard Doyle

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Imperial 1O9

By: Richard Doyle

Imperial 109 was one of the Empire class flying boats of Britain's Imperial Airways. From Durban in South Africa in the spring of 1939, to New York. The journey traces the passage of desert storms and mountain crossings, romance and intrigue, theft, blackmail and murder.

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Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

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Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17

Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17

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