Brian Christopher Jones

University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice

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Liverpool, L69 3BX

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1.

Parties versus Democracy: Addressing Today’s Political-Party threats to Democratic Rule

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 May 2019 Last Revised: 11 May 2019
Tom Daly and Brian Christopher Jones
Melbourne School of Government and University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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political parties, democracy, representation, democratic decay

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Judicial Review and Embarrassment

BC Jones, 'Judicial Review and Embarrassment' (April 2022 issue of Public Law, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Dec 2021
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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judicial review, embarrassment, constitutional law, United Kingdom, United States

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Preliminary Warnings on 'Constitutional' Idolatry

(Forthcoming) Public Law (January 2016)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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written constitution, unwritten constitution, constitutional worship, constitutional idolatry, parliamentary sovereignty, judicial review

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The Rule of Law in UK Public Law Textbooks: From Critique to Acceptance?

Forthcoming in Public Law
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 May 2018
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Rule of Law, United Kingdom, Public Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, AV Dicey, Textbooks

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Confrontational Contestation and Democratic Compromise: The Sunflower Movement and its Aftermath

(Forthcoming) Hong Kong Law Journal (Spring 2015)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Feb 2015
Brian Christopher Jones and Yen-Tu Su
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice and Academia Sinica - Institutum Iurisprudentiae (IIAS)
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contestation, democracy, democratic peace, democratic conflict, disobedience, freedom of Speech, Sunflower Movement, Taiwan

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The Legal Contribution to Democratic Disaffection

Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2023 (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Mar 2022
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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law and politics, democracy, disaffection, distancing, constitutionalism, judicial review, judgment

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Justices As 'Sacred Symbols': Antonin Scalia and the Cultural Life of the Law

(Forthcoming) British Journal of American Legal Studies (2017)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2017
Brian Christopher Jones and Austin Sarat
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice and Amherst College
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Antonin Scalia, sacred symbol, US Supreme Court, originalism, textualism, cultural life of law

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Don't Be Silly: Lawmakers 'Rarely' Read Legislation and Oftentimes Don't Understand It . . . But That's Okay

Penn State Law Review, Penn Statim Vol. 118, No. 7, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Nov 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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legislation, bills, acts, reading, understanding, Congress, Westminster, Scottish Parliament, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare

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Constitutional Paternalism: The Rise and (Problematic) Use of Constitutional ‘Guardian’ Rhetoric

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (JILP), Vol. 51, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Aug 2018
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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constitutional guardians, judicial rhetoric, constitutional rhetoric, paternalism, factionalism, constitutional maintenance

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Disparaging the Supreme Court, Part II: Questioning Institutional Legitimacy

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2016, No. 3, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Feb 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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disparagement, legitimacy, US Supreme Court, constitutional interpretation, UK Supreme Court, court communications

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We Give Laws a Bad Name: An Empirical Examination of How Misleading Law and PAC Names Pollute Legal Perception

Texas A&M Law Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 18 Apr 2024
Brian Sheppard, Andrew Moshirnia, Charles A. Sullivan and Brian Christopher Jones
Seton Hall Law School, Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, Seton Hall Law School and University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Empirical Legal Studies, First Amendment, PACs, Acronym Laws, Legisprudence, Political Science, Political Communication, Partisan Cues, Framing Effects, Feelings-As-Information Theory

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Disparaging the Supreme Court: Is SCOTUS in Serious Trouble?

Wisconsin Law Review Online, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Constitutions and Bills of Rights: Invigorating or Placating Democracy?

Forthcoming in Legal Studies
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Sep 2017
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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constitutions, bills of rights, voting, voter turnout, democracy, constitutional amendment, written constitutions, unwritten constitutions, HRA 1998

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Constitutionalism's Wrong Turn: Legal Rather than Political Supremacy

(Forthcoming) 38(2) Constitutional Commentary (2023)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Aug 2023
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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constitutionalism, legal supremacy, political supremacy, judicial supremacy, constitutional courts, apex courts, judicial review

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The Online/Offline Cognitive Divide: Implications for Law

SCRIPT-ed, Volume 13, Issue 1, May 2016
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 May 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Legal Development; Cognitive Differences; Speech; Offline; Online; Social Media; Technological Neutrality

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Dissonant Constitutionalism and Lady Hale

29(2) King's Law Journal 177-186, 2018
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 May 2019
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Lady Hale, UK Supreme Court, dissonant constitutionalism, public speeches, UK constitution, rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty

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Unpacking Constitutional Literacy

(Forthcoming) Global Constitutionalism , Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Jul 2023
Maartje De Visser and Brian Christopher Jones
Singapore Management University and University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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civic education, constitutional literacy, legal knowledge, political knowledge, text-centrism

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Thought Experiment: Would Congressional Short Bill Titles Survive FTC Scrutiny?

Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jan 2013
Brian Christopher Jones and Randal M. Shaheen
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice and Harvard University - Law School - Alumni
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short titles, bills, drafting, FTC, deceptive advertising, deceptive practices, drafting standards

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Drafting Proper Short Bill Titles: Do States Have the Answer?

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 23, p. 455, 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2012
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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short titles, legislation, congress, states

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Surprisingly (Un)Inspiring Judicial Decisions: Lochner, Brown, Roe and Others

(Forthcoming) University of Illinois Law Review Online
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Oct 2022
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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judicial review, voter turnout, SCOTUS, United States, United Kingdom, Lochner, Brown, Roe

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Interpreting Acronyms and Epithets: Examining the Jurisprudential Significance (or Lack Thereof)

25 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. Online 1, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Mar 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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acronyms, epithets, interpretation, legislation, psycholinguistics, public laws, Congress, jurisprudence, short titles, USA PATRIOT Act

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Plain Language Prospects in American Public Law: Insiders Weigh In

9 Am U. Modern American 15-28, Fall 2013
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Feb 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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legislation, public law, plain language, plain writing, statutes, statutory drafting, US Congress, Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament

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Processes, Standards and Politics: Drafting Short Titles in the Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament and US Congress

25 FLA. J. INT’L L., 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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short titles, legislation, bills, processes, standards, Congress, Westminster, Scottish Parliament

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A Triumph of Ill Conceived Language: The Linguistic Origins of Guantanamo's 'Rough Justice'

Hastings Law Journal Voir Dire 1-9 (2013)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Oct 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Guantanamo Bay, Jess Bravin, terrorism, courts, justice, military commissions, due process, classified, custodial interrogation

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Assessing the Constitutionality of Legislation: Constitutional Review in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan

Asia Pacific Law Review, Volume 23(2), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Jul 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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constitutional review, interpretative authority, legal constitutionalism, political constitutionalism, legislative processes, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

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The Congressional Short Title (R)Evolution: Changing the Face of America's Public Laws

Kentucky Law Journal Online, Vol. 101, 42-64, 2013
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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short titles, acts, legislation, Congress

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SCOTUS Short Title Turmoil: Time for a Congressional Bill Naming Authority

32(1) Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia 25-33 (2013)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 16 Dec 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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short titles, bill names, SCOTUS, Windsor, bills, acts, legislation, lawmaking

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Manipulating Public Law Favorability: Is It Really This Easy?

Brian Christopher Jones, Manipulating Public Law Favorability: Is It Really This Easy? 2(2) British Journal of American Legal Studies 511 (2013).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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short titles, bills, acts, Congress, Westminster, Scottish Parliament, drafting, legislation, public law

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Court Criticism and the Rule of Law: From ‘Foreign’ to ‘Dinosaur’ Judges

(draft chapter) Final version appears in: BC Jones (ed), Democracy and Rule of Law in China's Shadow (Hart Publishing, 2021), chp 4.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Aug 2022
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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democracy, rule of law, court criticism, judicial criticism, judicial power, Hong Kong, Taiwan

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One Redeeming Quality About the 112th Congress: Refocusing on Descriptive Rather than Evocative Short Titles

112 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 1-15, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Jul 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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short titles, bills, acts, Congress, drafting, legislation, public law, legal writing

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Fiduciary Principles and Statutory Form in Relation to the Necessary and Proper Clause: Potential Constitutional Implications for Congressional Short Titles

6(2) University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy 347-372 (2012)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 May 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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necessary, proper, drafting, bills, acts, short titles, Congress, fiduciary duty, fiduciary principles

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Our Forgotten Constitutional Guardians: Preserving Respect for the Law

(Forthcoming) Statute Law Review (2019)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2019
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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constitutional guardians, respect for law, legislative process, bill drafting, Parliamentary Counsel, House Authorities

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Personalized Bills as Commemorations: A Problem for House Rules?

46(9) Connecticut Law Review CONNtemplations 9-17 (2013)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Congress, House Rules, bills, acts, personalized legislation, commemorations, bill titles

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Transatlantic Perspectives on Humanised Public Law Campaigns: Personalising and Depersonalising the Legislative Process

6(1) LEGISPRUDENCE 57-76
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2013
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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personalised bills, legislative process, emotional law, short titles, Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament, US Congress

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Westminster's Impending Short Title Quandary: And How To Fix it

Public Law, April (2013) 223-232
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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bills, statutes, short titles, Westminster Parliament, legislative drafting, evocative language, standards

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A (Brief) Case Against Constitutional Supremacy

BC Jones, 'A (Brief) Case Against Constitutional Supremacy' in R Johnson and Y Yi Zhu, Sceptical Perspectives on the Changing Constitution of the United Kingdom (2023)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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constitutions, written constitution, unwritten constitution, constitutional supremacy, UK constitution

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The Constitution as Symbol or Operating Manual: A Rejoinder on Constitutional Literacy 

Constitutional Studies, Volume 10, No. 1, Pp. 143-158
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Brian Christopher Jones and Maartje De Visser
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice and Singapore Management University
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constitutional literacy, constitutional idolatry, constitutions, comparative constitutional law, civic education, legal symbols

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Idolatry and Constitutional Change

BC Jones, Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy: Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness, Forthcoming
Posted: 02 Apr 2020
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice

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Constitutional Change, Constitutional Moments, Idolatry, Constitutional Maintenance, UK Constitution, Authorship, Ownership, US Constitution

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Research Note: Do Short Bill Titles Matter? Surprising Insights from Westminster and Holyrood

65(2) PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, 448-462 (2012)
Posted: 28 Jun 2012
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice

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short bill titles, legislative process, bill drafting, Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament

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Is Social Media a Human Right? Exploring the Scope of Internet Rights

International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog, December 5, 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Dec 2014
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Arab Spring, Free Expression, ICCPR, Right to Internet, Social Media, Twitter

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A Middle Ground for Democratic Accountability: Retention Elections for the House of Lords

I-CONnect Blog, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 10 Jan 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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House of Lords, democratic accountability, retention elections, reform, Lords reform

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How Far Out of Step is SCOTUS?

International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 30 Sep 2015
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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supreme courts, US Supreme Court, SCOTUS, UK Supreme Court, UKSC, court communications, cameras in the courtroom, judicial selection

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Britain's Other — Perhaps More Important — Anniversary

Blog of the IACL, AIDC, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 12 Feb 2016
Brian Christopher Jones
University of Liverpool - School of Law & Social Justice
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Magna Carta, Parliament, Simon de Montfort, anniversary, democracy, representative government