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Hugh Brogan With Malice Towards None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates (Allen & Unwln E8.95) lie was not only the greatest of American Presidents, but the greatest......

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Alan Watkins The Politics of the Judiciary J.A.G. Griffith (Fontana/Collins paperback £1.25) My friend John Griffith of the LSE must feel quite pleased with himself. And with......