Stephen Sedley's Books

Law and the Whirligig of Time

By: Stephen Sedley

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For over 30 years, first as a QC, then as a judge, and latterly as a visiting professor of law at Oxford, Stephen Sedley has written and lectured about aspects of the law that do not always get the attention they deserve. His first anthology of essays, Ashes and Sparks, was praised in the New York Times by Ian McEwan for its 'exquisite, finely balanced prose, the prickly humour, the knack of artful quotation and an astonishing historical grasp'. 'You could have no interest in the law,' McEwan wrote, 'and read his book for pure intellectual delight.' The present volume contains more recent articles by Stephen Sedley on the law, many of them from the London Review of Books, and lectures given to a variety of audiences. The first part is concerned with law as part of history - Feste's 'whirligig of time'; the second part with law and rights. The third part is a group of biographical and critical pieces on a number of figures from the legal and musical worlds. The final part is more personal, going back to the author's days at the bar, and then forward to some parting reflections.

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400

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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150991711X

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9781509917112

The Political Animal

Biology, Ethics and Politics

By: Stephen R L Clark,Stephen R.L Clark

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The Political Animal

Biology, Ethics and Politics

By: Stephen R L Clark,Stephen R.L Clark

People, as Aristotle said, are political animals. Mainstream political philosophy, however, has largely neglected humankind's animal nature as beings who are naturally equipped, and inclined, to reason and work together, create social bonds and care for their young. Stephen Clark, grounded in biological analysis and traditional ethics, probes into areas ignored in mainstream political theory and argues for the significance of social bonds which bypass or transcend state authority. Understanding the ties that bind us reveals how enormously capable we are in achieving civil order as a species. Stephen Clark advocates that a properly informed political philosophy must take into account the role of women, children, animals, minorities and the domestic virtues at large. Living and comnducting our political lives like the animals we are is a more congenial prospect than is usually supposed.

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220

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Routledge

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1134658591

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9781134658596

The Royal Touch in Early Modern England

Politics, Medicine and Sin

By: Stephen Brogan

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The Royal Touch in Early Modern England

Politics, Medicine and Sin

By: Stephen Brogan

First modern analysis of the custom of the "royal touch" in the Tudor and Stuart reigns.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0861933370

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9780861933372

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Law and the Whirligig of Time

Law and the Whirligig of Time

The Political Animal

The Political Animal

The Royal Touch in Early Modern England

The Royal Touch in Early Modern England

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