Lions in the Whirligig of Time— Stephen Sedley’s Lions under the Throne

Abstract

at Oxford he delivered the lectures that became Lions under the Throne. As the subtitle to the book explains, these were essays on the history of English public law. As well as being a barrister, judge and visiting professor, he is also an author and reviewer of numerous pieces on law, legal doctrine, legal history and legal biographies. The latter, together with sketches on musicians, including Bob Dylan with whom he gigged in 1962, and occasional writings constitute the contents of the Whirligig collection which followed on from Ashes and Sparks in 2011.