"A government above the law is a menace to be defeated."
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People from LondonUniversity of Oxford alumniMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyJudges from England
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Why Britain Needs a Written Constitution (1992)
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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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