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Subject(s)

• Public law—England—History—Sources [Browse]
• Public law—Wales—History—Sources [Browse]

Series

Oxford scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

This volume offers an extensive collection of illustrative original materials, many of which are previously unpublished. It contains significant new material on the history of habeas corpus, mandamus, and certiorari, as well as well-known constitutional landmarks from the earliest times to 1750. Writing on the history of public law has tended to focus solely on the texts of statutes and formal records. In contrast, the book concentrates on the forensic arguments and judicial decisions that led to the emergence of legal principles in the field of public law, including criminal law and the regulation of jurisdictions.

Notes

This edition also issued in print: 2024.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2024).

Contents

• Cover
• Sources of English Legal History
• Copyright
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Table of Statutes and other Legislation
• Alphabetical Table of Named Cases
• Table of Cases cited by Year
• Table of Extracts from Lectures and Treatises
• List of Abbreviations
• 1. The monarchy
• (1) Limited monarchy
• (2) The king's two bodies
• (3) The king's absolute prerogatives
• 2. Devolution of the crown
• (1) Demise of the crown
• (2) Deposition and abdication
• (3) Dynastic conflict
• (4) Settlement of the crown 1544-​53
• (5) Attainder of Charles I, Interregnum, and Restoration
• (6) The new settlement of 1689-​1701
• 3. Charters and confirmations of liberties
• (1) Extracts from the charters and statutes
• (2) Judicial application of Chapter 29 of Magna Carta
• (3) Commentaries on Chapter 29 of Magna Carta
• 4. The king and the rule of law
• (1) Writs of protection
• (2) Partial exemption from legislation
• (3) Power to dispense from legislation
• (4) Non procedendo rege inconsulto
• (5) Martial law
• 5. The High Court of Parliament
• (1) Frequency of sessions
• (2) Representation of the whole realm
• (3) Procedure and law of Parliament
• (4) Judicature in the House of Lords
• (5) Judicature in the House of Commons
• (6) Elections
• 6. Parliamentary legislation
• (1) Judicial interpretation
• (2) Non-​desuetude
• (3) Limits on parliamentary competence
• (4) Repeals
• 7. Subordinate legislation
• (1) Royal proclamations
• (2) Delegated legislation
• (3) Bye-​laws
• 8. The central courts of common law
• (1) Common pleas
• (2) The Exchequer of Pleas
• (3) Error and false judgment
• (4) The King's Bench
• (5) The judiciary
• (6) Judgment by the king in person
• (7) Offices in the courts
• (8) Accessibility of proceedings
• 9. The Court of Chancery
• (1) Extraordinary jurisdiction.
• (2) Complaints against chancellors
• (3) Suits after judgment at law
• (4) Fines and imprisonment
• 10. Conciliar courts
• (1) The Star Chamber
• (2) The Council and Magna Carta
• (3) The Court of Requests
• (4) The Council in the North
• (5) The Council in the Marches of Wales
• (6) Abolition of conciliar jurisdiction
• 11. The Church and its jurisdiction
• (1) Scope of the jurisdiction in England
• (2) Jurisdiction of the pope in England
• (3) Heresy
• (4) Self-​incrimination
• (5) James I and prohibitions
• 12. The High Commission
• (1) Establishment of the commissions
• (2) Power to fine and imprison
• (3) The oath ex officio
• (4) Jurisdictional limits
• 13. Local authority and jurisdiction
• (1) Franchises
• (2) Equitable jurisdiction
• (3) Towns: powers of imprisonment
• (4) Towns: mandamus
• (5) Other corporations: mandamus
• (6) Justices of the peace: certiorari
• (7) Commissioners of sewers
• (8) Universities
• 14. Liberty of the person
• (1) Imprisonment by the executive
• (2) The ambit of habeas corpus
• (3) The unfree
• (4) Restraint on overseas travel
• (5) Banishment
• (6) Impressment
• (7) Habeas corpus procedure
• 15. Taxation and purveyance
• (1) Purveyance
• (2) Impositions
• (3) Ship-​money
• (4) Hearth-​tax
• (5) Patents of exemption
• 16. Freedom of trade
• (1) Merchants
• (2) Contracts in restraint of trade
• (3) Monopolies
• (4) Bye-​laws in restraint of trade
• 17. Treason
• (1) Common law
• (2) Statutory definition
• (3) Aliens and treason
• (4) Constructive treasons
• (5) Words and acts
• 18. Homicide
• (1) Varieties of homicide
• (2) Causation
• (3) Malice aforethought
• (4) Manslaughter
• (5) Misadventure
• (6) Self-​defence and defence of the home
• (7) Provocation
• 19. Offences in respect of property
• (1) Varieties of theft.
• (2) What things may be stolen
• (3) Taking and carrying away
• (4) Robbery
• (5) Burglary
• (6) Petit larceny
• 20. Criminal responsibility
• (1) Principal and accessory
• (2) Joint enterprise
• (3) Infancy
• (4) Insanity
• 21. Criminal procedure
• (1) Jurisdiction
• (2) Bail and mainprise
• (3) Appeals of felony
• (4) Arraignment without appeal or indictment
• (5) Indictments
• (6) Informations
• (7) Torture
• (8) Attainder without trial
• (9) The trial jury
• (10) Representation by counsel
• 22. The death penalty and its avoidance
• (1) Pardons
• (2) Abjuration
• (3) Sanctuary
• (4) Benefit of clergy
• (5) Pregnancy
• (6) Conviction of a lesser offence
• (7) Formal error
• (8) Alteration of punishment
• 23. The boundaries of English law
• (1) The sea
• (2) Wales
• (3) Ireland
• (4) Scotland
• (5) The plantations and colonies
• (6) Extraterritorial jurisdiction
• Index of names
• Index of subjects.

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ISBN

• 0-19-265987-1
• 0-19-188188-0
• 0-19-265986-3

OCLC

1416892071

Doi

10.1093/oso/9780199546794.001.0001

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