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Part 1 General principles: the rule of law and its virtue, J. Raz;toward neutral principles of constitutional law, H. Wechsler. Part 2 Onslavery: the Dred Scott decision, in the light of contemporary legaldoctrines, E. Corwin; "Somerset" - Lord Mansfield and the legitimacy ofslavery in the Anglo-American world, W. Wiececk. Part 3 On social andeconomic rights prior to the Keynesian orthodoxy: liberty of contract, R.Pound; judicial review of social policy in England, H. Laski. Part 4 On theliberty of the person in time of war: the Japanese American cases - adisaster, E. Rostow; "Liversidge v Anderson" in retrospect, R.V.F. Heuston.Part 5 The South(ern) African crisis of the 1890s and 1950s:constitutionalism in the South African republics, L. Thompson; the entrenchedsections of the South Africa act - two great legal battles, D. Cowan. Part 6Changing perceptions of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom parliament: thebasis of legal sovereignty, W.H.R. Wade; sovereignty of the United Kingdomparliament after factortame, P. Craig. Part 7 Canada - a via media betweenBritish and American principle?: law, convention and prerogative -reflections prompted by the Canadian constitutional case, T.R.S. Allan. Part8 Freedom of expression and political accountability: the New York Timescase, H. Kalven; engineers is dead, long live the engineers, G. Williams.