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In 1977 John Griffith published a short work (Griffith, 1977) which argued that the higher judiciary had, and revealed in their judgements, a set of beliefs that amounted to a consistent system of politics. The extraordinary reaction to his book — which was hailed by some as an unparalleled exercise in unpopular honesty, and by others as mischievous rabble-rousing — might have led the unwary to conclude that, hitherto, the politics of the law had not greatly exercised the minds of lawyers, law students, or legal academics.
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Elliott, M.J. (1988). The Role of Law. In: Drucker, H., Dunleavy, P., Gamble, A., Peele, G. (eds) Developments in British Politics 2. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10230-3_12
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