Law and authority in British legal history, 1200-1900

"By presenting original research into British legal history, this volume emphasises the historical shaping of the law by ideas of authority. The essays offer perspectives upon the way that ideas of authority underpinned the conceptualisation and interpretation of legal sources over time and bec...

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Otros Autores: Godfrey, Mark, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2016
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. The judicial interpretation of legislation in later thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century England Paul Brand; 2. The authority of Parliament and the scope of the Statute of Uses 1536 N. G. Jones; 3. Developing a prerogative theory for the authority of the Chancery: the French connection Ian Williams; 4. Authority and precedent David Ibbetson; 5. Legislation and authority in early modern Scotland Andrew Simpson; 6. The sources of early Scots consistorial law: reflections on law, authority and jurisdiction during the Scottish Reformation Thomas Green; 7. Conciliar authority and equitable jurisdiction in early modern Scotland J. D. Ford; 8. Legal authorities as instruments of conflict management: the long endgame of Anglo-Hanseatic relations (1474-1603) Alain Wijffels; 9. History and the justification of governmental authority and individual rights in the age of John Locke and Samuel Pufendorf Andreas Thier; 10. The commissioners for claims on France and the case of the Baron de Bode, 1815-1861 Michael Lobban; 11. The authority of law in a bureaucratic framework: the nineteenth-century medicine stamp duty Chantal Stebbings; 12. The authority of treatises in English law, 1800-1936 Stephen Waddams; 13. Maitland and Austin: legal history and legal thought in the late nineteenth century John Hudson