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Four Faces of the Law

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Four Faces of the Law

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Few have shaped the field of law, both as practitioner and writer, as Michael Beloff KC. This expertly curated collection tracks this impact through his writings and lectures.

Over three parts, the work show just how the fields of sports law, law and education and the legal environment more generally, was (and continues to be) impacted by the innovation and insight of the author.

Table of Contents

Part One - Introduction

Part Two - Advocacy

i. A View from the Bar
ii. Advocacy as Art.
iii. Virtuous Voices - the Advocates contribution to the Rule of Law
iv. Looking at the Locus

Part Three - Judges
i. Towards a Supreme Court - the British Experience
ii. Neither Cloistered nor Virtuous; Judges and their Independence in the New Millenium
iii. Paying Judges - why, who, whom, how much?

Part Four - History
i. Women in Wigs - the Irresistible Rise of Sisters in Law
ii. FE Smith - Lessons from a Legal Life
iii. Law and the Judiciary in Blair's Britain
iv. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
a. Carman
b. Slynn
c. Nicholls
d. Laws

Part Five - Sport
i. Pitch, Pool, Rink Court? Judicial Review in the World of Sport
ii. The Specificity of Sport; Rhetoric or Reality?
iii. Is there a Lex Sportiva?
iii. Sport Ethics and the Law.

Product details

Published 28 May 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 384
ISBN 9781509986743
Imprint Hart Publishing
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Michael Beloff KC

The Hon Michael Beloff KC is a barrister at Blacks…

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