Books by Richard A. Cosgrove

So commonplace has the term rule of law become that few recognize its source as Dicey's Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution. Cosgrove examines the life and career of Dicey, the most influential constitutional authority of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain, showing how his critical and intellectual powers were accompanied by a simplicity of character and wit.

Charting the history of English jurisprudence through its key figures - William Blackstone, Jeremy Bentham, John Austin, Henry Maine, Thomas Erskine Holland, and H L A Hart, this book argues that jurisprudence must return to its interdisciplinary roots and draw upon economics, politics, and sociology.