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Law, liberty and the constitution : a brief history of the common law /
"Throughout English history the rule of law and the preservation of liberty have been inseparable, and both are intrinsic to England's constitution. This accessible and entertaining history traces the growth of the law from its beginnings in Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. It shows h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk :
The Boydell Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; PART I. LAYING DOWN THE LAW: 600-1500; 1 The Promulgation of the Law in Anglo-Saxon England; 2 The Enforcement of the Law in Anglo-Saxon England; 3 A Norman Yoke?; 4 Henry II and the Creation of the Common Law; 5 Becket and Criminous Clergy; 6 The Achievement of Henry II; 7 Magna Carta; 8 From Ordeal to Jury; 9 Legal Eagles; PART II. CONFLICT OF LAWS: 1500-1766; 10 The King's Conscience, the Lord Chancellor's Foot; 11 Star Chamber: Keeping England in Quiet; 12 Torture; 13 The Writ and Charter of Liberty; 14 Rex Lex v. Lex Rex: Sir Edward Coke.
- 15 Oedipus Lex: The Trial of Charles I16 Free-born John; 17 From Restoration to Revolution and Reaction; PART III. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LAW: 1766-1907; 18 The Purity of England's Air; 19 The Menace of the Mob; 20 The Fear of the Felon; 21 Garrow's Law?; 22 The Tongue of Cicero: Thomas Erskine; 23 The Drum Major of Liberty: Henry Brougham; 24 The Bonfire of the Inanities: Peel, Public Protection and the Police; 25 Lunacy and the Law; 26 Necessity Knows No Law; 27 The Apollo of the Bar: Edward Marshall Hal; PART IV. THE RULE OF LAW: 1907-2014.
- 28 'The Martyrdom of Adolph Beck' and the Creation of the Court of Criminal Appeal29 Liberty Sacrificed to Security; 30 Nuremberg and Norman Birkett; 31 Wrongs and Rights; 32 Deprave and Corrupt: Blasphemy, Obscenity and Oscar Wilde; 33 Hanging in the Balance; 34 A Murder in Catfor; 35 The Rule of Law under Threat?; Bibliography; Index.