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MODERN legal philosophy in Britain began, with not quite poetic timing, around a decade before 1963. In the 120 years following the publication of 'The Province of Jurisprudence Determined' in 1832, British jurists - what few there were - took no great strides beyond what John Austin had said in those lectures. If we switch our attention from jurists to the judiciary of this period we find, predictably, that most judges showed no interest in approaching law in any way that could properly be described as philosophical. When we look closely, however, it becomes clear that judges were occasionally as disposed to bringing some philosophical slant to their analyses of legal problems as were their juristic counterparts. So it was - to take just a few examples - that Lord Halsbury justified strict 'stare decisis', that Wright sought to demonstrate the illogicality of implied contract analysis, and that Parmoor and Macmillan (and again, Wright) argued that there is a necessary connection between law and morality. Anyone looking for evidence in Britain between the 1830s and the 1950s of something tantamount to philosophising about law would be as well advised to look to the courts as elsewhere.

Party conferences and the leaders on trial (pg. 35-36). France again rejects Britain for the Common Market (pg. 36-38). Britain's trade hit by damaging strikes (pg. 38). Sterling devalued (pg. 38-40). Mr Jenkins becomes Chancellor (pg. 40). Cabinet dispute over arms for South Africa (pg. 40-41). A new fuel policy (pg. 41-44). Forces withdrawal from Aden completed (pg. 44-45). No settlement in Rhodesia (pg. 45). The breathalyser revolutionizes social life (pg. 45-47). Government quarrel with the press (pg. 47). Scottish Nationalists win by-election (pg. 47-48). Foot-and-mouth disease ravages the farms (pg. 48-50).

The Prime Minister in Washington (pg. 18-19). Parliament resumes: the Criminal Justice Bill (pg. 19-20). Mr Lloyd's first Budget (pg. 20-21). Mr Benn's peerage (pg. 21-23). the George Blake spy case (pg. 23-25). proposals to enter the Common Market (pg. 25-27). Mr Butler's speech in Madrid (pg. 27). the American President in London (pg. 27-28). royal occasions (pg. 28-29). the census (pg. 29). West Indian immigration statistics (pg. 29-30). Mr Gaitskell's recovery of leadership of Labour Party (pg. 30-31). new universities (pg. 31). and school car parks (pg. 31). bird watching on the Norfolk coast (pg. 31-32).