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"Milton Keynes, one of post war Britain's largest and most ambitious state projects has often been maligned, derided, mocked and dismissed in politics and in popular culture alike. By integrating the cultural reception of Milton Keynes into wider histories of British politics and popular culture, this book also provides a wider history of how the backlash against state planning was achieved through the development of a mythology of "the bad old days". Despite this, Milton Keynes has functioned as a stubborn testament to the progressive and radical visions of a post war state, a political alternative to the present which rejects nostalgic and neoliberal conservatism alike"--

Town courts were the principal institution responsible for the delivery of justice and urban administration within medieval towns. Their records survive in large quantities in archives across England, and they provide an unparalleled insight into the lives and work of thousands of men and women who lived in these towns. The court rolls tell us much about the practice of law at the local level within towns, as well as yielding a broad range of perspectives on the economy, society and administration of towns. This volume is the first collection dedicated to the analysis of town courts and their records. Through a wide range of approaches, it offers new interpretations of the role that these courts played. It also demonstrates the wide range of uses to which court records can be put to in order to more fully understand medieval urban society. The volume draws on the records of a considerable number of towns and their courts across England, including London, York, Norwich, Lincoln, Nottingham, Lynn, Chester, Bromsgrove and Shipston-on-Stour

The original intent of the slaveholding founders -- Two constitutional wrongs did not guarantee a constitutional right -- The tyranny of the northern majority -- The spirit of 1787 -- The constitutional right of secession -- Epilogue : the founders' constitution no more.

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: 'The Tragedy of Two Lunatics' Part I: The Origins of Partition -- Chapter 1: Where is Ireland? -- Chapter 2: Half a Revolution -- Chapter 3: Answering the Question -- Part II: The Process of Partition -- Chapter 4: The Death of Ireland -- Chapter 5: Unravelling Ireland -- Chapter 6: Ireland's Other Civil Wars -- Part III: The Legacies of Partition -- Chapter 7: Moving Minorities -- Chapter 8: Holding the Line -- Chapter 9: Brave New Worlds.