Bücher von David Long

Rome was originally a group of small huts on a hilltop, but it went on to become the most important city in the largest empire the world had ever seen.The Romans were brilliant inventors, responsible for the development of newspapers, concrete, surgeons' tools and even an efficient postal system. Their buildings were remarkable, with many surviving to this day, and their army appeared invincible.So why eventually did the whole empire come crashing down?Find out what life in Ancient Rome was actually like while also discovering how Roman culture and ingenuity continues to influence our world today.From the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award

An alternative journey around England, visiting the sights that are definitely not on the average tourist trail. In this charming book, David Long introduces the reader to some of the oddest and most interesting sights in England, such as: â¿¢ Devon's Gnome Reserve â¿¢ Britain's smallest pub â¿¢ A church for dragon slayers â¿¢ A subterranean ballroom â¿¢ The Phone Box Museum, and much more From weird buildings to eccentric museums and from mystical superstitions to remnants of magical rites, this is a guide to England like no other.

David Long traces the cause of the 1975 constitutional crisis to the influence of English legal positivism, a theory which isolates the meaning from the political scheme the text was framed to support. He shows the fundamental premise of a Constitution, framed in Convention, ratified by the people that cannot be altered without their consent, the consent of the governed. Legal positivism was adopted by the High Court in 1920 when it abolished the federal scheme and therewith the sovereign States. The responsible judge had opposed federalism at the 1897 Convention. Long examines two juristic opinions that excused the Governor-General's 1975 unprecedented dismissal of a government with the confidence of the House of Representatives. He identifies their reliance on legal positivist constitutional interpretations that are expressly rejected by the Founders. Long provides a theoretical defence of the Founders original understanding as the object of constitutional construction.

A respected writer of naval history, Long is most qualified to write this first biography of Mad Jack, an unusual and controversial figure in the early days of the U.S. Navy.