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General Smuts: South Africa
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2010
179 kr
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Jan Christian Smuts was one of the key figures behind the creation of the League of Nations; Woodrow Wilson was inspired by his ideas on the League and borrowed heavily from them, including the mandates scheme, whereby South Africa took responsibility for Namibia. Alarmed at the turn that …
Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy?
The Troublesome Case of Sir Edgar Speyer
Häftad, 2013
212 kr
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Sir Edgar Speyer (1862-1932) was a celebrated figure in the financial, cultural and political high life of Edwardian England. ‘King of the London Underground’ and friend of Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, he was a generous public benefactor, who rescued the Proms from disaster and directed the …
Mr Justice McCardie (1869-1933)
Rebel, Reformer, and Rogue Judge
Inbunden, 2017
1810 kr
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According to the Law Journal in 1932, 'No present-day figure on the Bench is of greater interest than Mr Justice McCardie'. A High Court Judge from 1916 to 1933, no twentieth-century judge was more conspicuous or controversial. To his critics, he was a 'rogue judge' whose headline-hitting …
Last Political Law Lord
Lord Sumner (1859-1934)
Inbunden, 2009
1005 kr
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2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Andrew Hamilton, Viscount Sumner (1859-1934), one of the greatest of English judges. His trenchant rulings, characterized by deep learning, wisdom and lucidity, and delivered with rare literary distinction and wit, are cited with respect and …
