Law and the whirligig of time
History -- 1. Law as History -- 2. The History of English Law -- 3. Human Rights and the Whirligig of Time -- 4. A Glorious Revolution? -- 5. Judges and Ministers -- 6. Obscenity and the Margin of Appreciation -- 7. Does the Separation of Powers Still Work? -- Law and Rights -- 8. The Role of the Judge -- 9. Anonymity and the Right to Lie -- 10. Dealing with Strasbourg -- 11. Speaking in Tongues -- 12. The Public Interest -- 13. Judicial Misconduct -- 14. Recusal: When Should a Judge Not Be a Judge? -- 15. The Right to Die -- 16. The Brexit Case -- 17. The Supreme Court -- 18. Arbitration -- 19. Detention without Trial -- 20. Originalism -- 21. Colonels in Horsehair -- 22. The British Constitution -- 23. A New Constitution? -- 24. Freedom of Expression -- 25. The Abuse of Power -- 26. A Compensation Culture? -- People -- 27. Rudy Narayan: 1938-1998 -- 29. Lord Diplock: 1907-1985 -- 30. Lord Scarman: 1911-2004 -- 31. Lord Bingham: 1933-2010 -- 32. Lord Mansfi eld: 1705-1793 -- 33. Sir Thomas More: 1478-1535 -- 34. Lord Denning: 1899-1999 -- 35. Lord Sumption and Public Law -- 36. Bob Dylan -- 37. Ewan MacColl: 1915-1989 -- Occasional Pieces -- 38. A Commonplace Book -- 39. Under Milk Wood Lost and Found -- 40. Getting It Wrong -- Afterword: A Different Cat