Research Catalog

Title

The rule of law : 1603-1660 : crowns, courts and judges / James S. Hart Jr.

Author

Hart, James S.

Publication

Harlow : Pearson/Longman, 2003.

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Details

Description

x, 317 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This is a study of law and governance in early Stuart England. It explores the use made by successive English administrations of the legal system - of courts and judges - in the pursuit of public policy. It introduces the reader to the prevailing ideas about the law in the seventeenth century, examines the structure and machinery of the legal system and, in particular, the role of the common law judges, and assesses the degree to which successive governments were able - and willing - to keep faith with the requirements of the law."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Studies in modern history

Uniform Title

Studies in modern history (Longman (Firm))

Subject

• Law > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• Law > Social aspects > History > England > 17th century
• Rechtsstelsels
• Overheidsinstellingen
• Overheidsbeleid

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Foundations of the Law -- 1. The Structure and Machinery of the Law -- 2. The Judiciary -- pt. II. Royal Government -- 3. James I: Of Kings and Kingdoms -- 4. Charles I: New Approaches to Old Problems -- pt. III. Parliamentary Government -- 5. The High Court of Parliament -- 6. The Great Council -- pt. IV. Cromwellian Government -- 7. Law and the New Republic -- 8. The Good Constable.

ISBN

• 0582238560 (pbk.)
• 9780582238565 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 52530774
• SCSB-12530101

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library