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Also known as Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption, Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption

イギリスの裁判官、歴史家

Person · Open Library

Born
9 Dec 1948
Works
8

Top works

  • The Challenges of Democracy
  • The Hundred Years War
  • Law in a Time of Crisis
  • Trials of the State
  • Bill of Rights

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1948-12-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10
Total plays
16

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Quotes

  • Hong Kong, once a vibrant and politically diverse community is slowly becoming a totalitarian state. The rule of law is profoundly compromised in any area about which the government feels strongly... Intimidated or convinced by the darkening political mood, many judges have lost sight of their traditional role as defenders of the liberty of the subject, even when the law allows it
  • Success is admirable in a king, but failure is compelling and usually better recorded.
  • It is one of the paradoxes of England’s medieval history that in spite of its strong central institutions it was known mainly for its chronic political instability.
  • The Tuscan poet Dante Alighieri had a simple explanation for England’s problematic status in fourteenth-century Europe. The difficulty, he thought, lay in their national character. The English were a proud and covetous people, ever eager for conquest and incapable of remaining peaceably within their own borders. Dante’s opinion echoed the conventional sentiment of his day, which regarded England as a society to which violence and aggression came naturally.
  • The government of Mortimer and Isabella was intensely hated. It proved to be just as vindictive, despotic and unstable as that of the Despensers but a great deal less competent.
  • Finance was always Edwards III’s weak point. He had little understanding of the problems of taxation or credit and was bored by administration. He tended to fund his enterprises on a hand-to-mouth basis, without budgets or forecasts.

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