Constitutional Law

Contents: General Principles: The rule of law and its virtue, Joseph Raz; Toward neutral principles of constitutional law, Herbert Weschler. On Slavery: The Dred Scott decision in the light of contemporary legal doctrines, Edward S. Corwin; Somerset: Lord Mansfield and the legitimacy of slavery in the Anglo-American world, William M. Wiecek. On Social and Economic Rights Prior to the Keynesian Orthodoxy: Liberty of contract, Roscoe Pound; Judicial review of social policy in England, Harold J. Laski. On the Liberty of the Person in Time of War, The Japanese American cases - a disaster, Eugene V. Rostow; Liversidge v Anderson in retrospect, R.V.F. Heuston. The South(ern) African Crisis of the 1890s and 1950s: Constitutionalism in the South African Republics, L.M. Thompson; The entrenched sections of the South Africa Act: 2 great legal battles, Denis V. Cowan. Changing Perceptions of the United Kingdom Parliament: The basis of legal sovereignty, W.H.R. Wade; Sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament after factortame, P.P. Craig. Canada - a Via Media between British and American Principle?: Law, convention and prerogative: reflections prompted by the Canadian constitutional case, T.R.S. Allan. Freedom of Expression and Political Accountability: The New York Times case: a note on 'the central meaning of the 1st Amendment', Harry Kalven Jr; Engineers is dead, long live the engineers, George Williams; Name index.