`Both as a technique for selling theory to students, and as a way of introducing lay readers to controversies over the role of law and legal institutions in the body politic, the case-system [employed by the author] has much to recommend it, and this book, always clear and perceptive, is a good advertisement for it.' - Times Literary Supplement
`... brilliantly achieved ... a stimulating read.' - Lord Wilberforce, Political Studies
1 Introduction 2 Law and politics 3 The rule of law 4 The constitution 5 Rights 6 Judges 7 Breaking the law 8 The legal framework