Hewart gordon (9 Ergebnisse)

1st Edition no date stated. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages; Description: 47 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Law --Punishment --Criminals. Series: Clarke Hall lecture, 2nd. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 286p ; 22cm. Subject; English Essays 20th century. 1 Kg.

Zustand: New. In English.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid Cartoon/caricature portrait, mounted (matted) and ready to frame, printed in 1926 from an original drawing by Powys Evans, better known as Quiz. Mount size approx 12 x 8 inches, 30 x 20 cms. A fine study of Lord Hewart (1870-1943), Lord Chief Justice of England. POWYS EVANS (QUIZ) (illustrator).…

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Fine copy in original tissue dust-wrapper An address given as President of the Classical Association, 8th October 1926.

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hewart, Gordon, [1870-1943]. The New Despotism. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. 311 pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over buckram boards with ink stamped label to spine. Deckle fore-edge. Near fine. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown. Number stamp to verso title page, otherwise internally clean. $65. * A critique of the British government in which Hewart argues that the rule of law was being eroded by executive overreach. Hewart, who was Lord Chief Justice of England at the time, saw this "new despotism" as a move to give unfettered power to the executive branch and civil service at the expense of Parliament and the courts. Hewart criticized the practice of Parliament passing broad legislation and then giving executive departments wide authority to create detailed rules and regulations. He argued that this subordinated Parliament and amounted to a transfer of legislative power to unelected officials. According to Hewart, executive departments were increasingly given "quasi-judicial" powers, allowing civil servants to make decisions that were previously the domain of the courts. In this system, anonymous officials could render a decision without being required to give a reason. The "new" versus the "old" despotism: Hewart contrasts the methods of the new bureaucracy with the old, tyrannical kind. He argues that while the old despotism directly challenged Parliament, the new despotism "gives Parliament an anesthetic" by gradually usurping its power through procedural means. The book created a "constitutional and political storm" and, in response, the British government appointed the Donoughmore Committee to review the powers of ministers. While the committee's final report in 1932 was less alarmed than Hewart, his work led to a wider discussion among legal and political scholars. The New Despotism remains an influential work in the field of administrative law. It is also famously known as a favorite of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The previous owner of this copy, Joseph M. Gleason [1869-1942], was a Catholic priest, historian and collector. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. (illustrator).…

First Edition. Spine a covers just a little marked and worn, otherwise a nice copy in fragmentary remains of dust-wrapper. With a few autograph corrections of literals in what is believed to be the author's hand throughout the text A collection of essays, speeches and articles by the Lord Chief Justice of England, mostly on legal subjects.…