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Common-law judgments tend to be more than merely judgments, for judges often make pronouncements that they need not have made had they kept strictly to the task in hand. Why do they do this? The Intricacies of Dicta and Dissent examines two such types of pronouncement, obiter dicta and dissenting opinions, primarily as aspects of English case law. Neil Duxbury shows that both of these phenomena have complex histories, have been put to a variety of uses, and are not amenable to being straightforwardly categorized as secondary sources of law. This innovative and unusual study casts new light on...

This is a business history that deals with an important but surprisingly neglected topic. There have been no comprehensive accounts of Rowntree, the confectionery manufacturer, and no assessment of its role in a global industry. For the first time this book reveals the importance of marketing to the success of Rowntree, and makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of marketing and mass consumption in economic development. Rowntree was also a pioneer in managerial organization and industrial relations, as well as in marketing.