Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman

Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman, OBE, PC (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was an English judge and barrister who served as a Law Lord until his retirement in 1986.

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"The people as a source of sovereign power are in truth only occasional partners in the constitutional minuet danced for most of the time by Parliament and the political party in power."

- Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman

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"A government above the law is a menace to be defeated."

- Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman

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