Lions under the Throne
| Author | : Stephen Sedley |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2015-09-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781316409343 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1316409341 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (341 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Lions under the Throne by : Stephen Sedley
Download or read book Lions under the Throne written by Stephen Sedley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Bacon wrote in 1625 that judges must be lions, but lions under the throne. From that day to this, the tension within the state between parliamentary, judicial and executive power has remained unresolved. Lions under the Throne is the first systematic account of the origins and development of the great body of public law by which the state, both institutionally and in relation to the individual, is governed.