Sir John Baker (University of Cambridge)

English Law Under Two Elizabeths

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A novel experiment in comparative legal history, exploring the legal world in England under Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II. Despite the distance of four centuries, many of the concerns of Elizabethan lawyers resonate with those of today. The book concentrates on the rule of law and the delivery of justice.

Produktdetails

• The Hamlyn Lectures
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9781108947329
• ISBN-10: 1108947328
• Artikelnr.: 60178955

Autorenporträt

Sir John Baker is Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. His recent publications include the 5th edition of his An Introduction to English Legal History (2019), The Reinvention of Magna Carta 1216-1616 (Cambridge, 2017) and Collected Papers on English Legal History (Cambridge, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

I. The English Legal System under Elizabeth I
2. The Elizabethan Common Law
3. An Age of Common Law and an Age of Statute?
4. The Elizabethan Inheritance
5. Comparing Then and Now.