Table of Contents

Introduction
Adam Tomkins and Paul Scott
1. The Politics and People of Entick v Carrington
David Feldman
2. Revisiting Entick v Carrington : Seditious Libel and State Security Laws in Eighteenth-Century England
Tom Hickman
3. Entick and Carrington , the Propaganda Wars and Liberty of the Press
Jacob Rowbottom
4. Was Entick v Carrington a Landmark?
Timothy Endicott
5. Entick v Carrington and the Legal Protection of Property
Paul Scott
6. The Authority of Entick v Carrington
Adam Tomkins
7. Law, Liberty and Entick v Carrington
Denis Baranger
8. Entick v Carrington in Scots Law
Tom Mullen

About the Author

Adam Tomkins is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow.
Paul Scott is a Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Southampton.

Reviews

For anyone with an interest in Rule of Law ideas, the addition – or even heightened prevalence – of Entick on the Rule of Law radar that follows from a review of the book is of real benefit.
*Jus Politicum*

We are still living in the in the age of Entick v.Carrington. We are also grimly contemplating Lord Camden's parting observation: 'Tyranny is better than anarchy, and the worst government better than none at all'.
*London Review of Books*