Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Early Career; III. Conservatism; IV. Domestic Politics; V. Suez; VI. Judicial Independence; VII. Kilmuir as Judge; VIII. End of an Era; IX. Europe; X. Concluding Reflections; Index
Summary
This short book examines the career and achievements of Lord Kilmuir (David Maxwell Fyfe), a British politician and former Lord Chancellor who is mainly remembered for some poor and unpopular decisions but who nevertheless made a considerable mark on twentieth-century legal development. After the Second World War, Kilmuir not only excelled as a fellow prosecutor with Justice Robert Jackson at Nuremberg but also played a significant role in the effort to restore European unity, particularly through his involvement in the drafting of the European Convention on Human Rights. Drawing on archival a
