The ancient constitution and the origins of Anglo-American liberty / John Phillip Reid.
The ancient constitution and the origins of Anglo-American liberty / John Phillip Reid.
The ancient constitution and the origins of Anglo-American liberty / John Phillip Reid.
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DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N342.41029/ 7
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Forensic history -- 2. The advocacy of lawyers -- 3. The authority of the past -- 4. The advocacy of the past -- 5. Forensic techniques of ancient constitutionalism -- 6. The forensic history of Gothicism and Saxonism -- 7. Forensic history of the Norman conquest -- 8. The forensic history of ref...
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Publisher
DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 2005.
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Illinois
Date Published
2005.
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"In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, English and American lawyers appealed to "the ancient constitution" as the cornerstone of liberty. According to this idea, constitutional law was not dictated by a monarch but based on the authority of custom, passed down unaltered from time immemorial. Legal historian John Phillip Reid demonstrates tha...
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The ancient constitution and the origins of Anglo-American liberty / John Phillip Reid.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N342.41029/ 7
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74VKqBW45oXM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqBW45oXM
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9780875803425 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0875803423 (clothbound : alk. paper)
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342.41029
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991020409619702626
