Studies in history and jurisprudence / by James Bryce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922.

Series:

Making of modern law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Imperialism.

Constitutional history.

Rome--Politics and government.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Constitutional history--United States.

United States.

Constitutional history--South Africa--Transvaal.

Constitutional history--South Africa--Free State.

Constitutional history--Iceland.

Iceland.

Constitutional history--Australia.

Australia.

Natural law.

Law--History.

Law.

History.

Marriage law.

Jurisprudence.

Islamic law.

South Africa--Free State.

South Africa--Transvaal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press, 1901.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

v. 1. The Roman empire and the British Empire in India. The extension of Roman and English law throughout the world. Flexible and rigid constitutions. The action of centripetal and centrifugal forces on political constitutions. Primitive Iceland. The Constitution of the United States as seen in the past. Two South African constitutions. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia

volumes 2. Obedience. The nature of sovereignty. The law of nature. The methods of legal science. The relations of law and religion. Methods of law-making in Rome and in England. The history of legal development at Rome and in England. Marriage and divorce in Roman and in English law. Inaugural lecture. Valedictory lecture

Notes:

"None of these studies have previously appeared in print except two, viz. those relating to the United States [in Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science, 5th series, no. 9] and to the two Dutch republics [in the Forum, April, 1896] and both of these have been enlarged and revised. Some studies were (in substance) delivered as public lectures at Oxford during the years 1870-1893."--Pref

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index

Reproduction of original from York University Law School Library

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2004 miunns

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