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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In the course of this project I have accumulated many debts. I
am grateful to the Hamlyn trustees not only for the invitation to
give the 1994 Hamlyn Lectures, but also for their support and
advice. The staff at Sweet & Maxwell have handled the process
of production with speed and efficiency. Thanks are due to the
International Legal Center and the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada for permission to reproduce copyright
material. I am particularly grateful to Tony Becher, Nick Bevan,
Kim Economides, Andrew Lewis, Claire Palley, Robert Stevens,
David Sugarman and Barbara Tearle for reading one or more draft
chapters and making helpful criticisms and suggestions. I have
profited from suggestions from Marcel Berlins, Kevin Boyle, John
Cairns, Stephen Guest, A.H. Halsey, Bob Hepple, Fiona Hindle,
Dawn Oliver, Avrom Sherr, Phil Thomas, Geoffrey Wilson and colleagues
at the University of Miami Law School, University College,
London, the University of Warwick and many others. Thanks are
due to the library staff at the Bodleian Law Library, the Institute of
Advanced Legal Studies, the Institute of Education and, in particular
the University of Miami Law Library; Beverley Crearer and Evelyn
Medina gave considerable help with word-processing. The
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study provided a supportive
and congenial environment for completing the project. My greatest
debt is to Terry Anderson who devoted most of one holiday to
rescuing the penultimate draft from errors, repetitions and inelegancies
as well as acting as a sounding-board and help-line throughout
most of the process. As ever, the book would not have been
completed without the constant help and encouragement of my
wife.
W.L.T.
Wassenaar, September 1994
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