... Particularlyprominent in the Anglo-American world,21it puts great emphasis on the auton-omy of the individual, and relies on the idea of giving the individual inalienablerights.22Given the intimate ... ConventionGiventhatthecasesIdiscussinthebookaremerelyillustrative,thereisastrongelementoffortuityinthewaythefive‘criticallight’chaptersareassembled .The imageofthekaleidoscopecomestomindinthatitpointstoaninfinitenumberofcombinationsofeithertheoreticalorempiricalelements,orboth.IneachchapteritisasifIhadcollectedpiecesofcaselaw,shakenthem,andobservedtheresultingcombination–ifnotexactlysymmetry–inthemirror(orlight)ofaparticulartheory.Icouldhaverepeatedtheexerciseoverandoveragain,adinfinitum,eitherwiththesameorwithslightlydifferentmaterial(caselaw)ormirrors(critiques).30Eachtimetheresultwouldhavebeendifferentbut,Iwouldargue,nolesscompelling.Theimageofthekaleidoscopedrawsattentiontothewayoursensesconstructpatternswhichdonot‘really’existexceptthroughtheartificeofreflection(theory).ItcouldbesaidthatIofferakaleidoscopicreadingoftheConvention,i.e.onegeneratingarrangementswhichare,ifnotaestheticallypleasing,atleastdeceptivelyattractiveintheirsimplicityand(imposed)regularity.AfriendwhoreadChapter3wasnotdeceived.Sheremarked,disapprovingly,thatitwasasthough ... The Struggle for Law as a Means to an EndTurpin: British Government and the Constitution: Text, Cases and MaterialsTwining: Globalisation and Legal TheoryTwining: Rethinking EvidenceTwining...