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Charismatic Leadership: Nature, Causes, and Consequences How did politicians as diverse as Thatcher, Charles de Gaulle...
The Rule of Law and its Enemies: The Landscape of Law The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture, recorded at Gresham...
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Envy of Kings: The Guildhall of London and the Power of the Medieval Corporation The government of the City of London is older than...