Law, liberty and the Constitution : a brief history of the common law / Harry Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Harry, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common law--England--History.

Common law.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

x, 352 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, [2015]

Contents:

Part I Laying Down the Law: 600-1500

1 The Promulgation of the Law in Anglo-Saxon England 9

2 The Enforcement of the Law in Anglo-Saxon England 23

3 A Norman Yoke? 33

4 Henry II and the Creation of the Common Law 46

5 Becket and Criminous Clergy 52

6 The Achievement of Henry II 62

7 Magna Carta 69

8 From Ordeal to Jury 77

9 Legal Eagles 82

Part II Conflict of Laws: 1500-1766

10 The King's Conscience, the Lord Chancellor's Foot 97

11 Star Chamber: Keeping England in Quiet 103

12 Torture 109

13 The Writ and Charter of Liberty 115

14 Rex Lex v. Lex Rex: Sir Edward Coke 119

15 Oedipus Lex: The Trial of Charles I 133

16 Free-born John 149

17 From Restoration to Revolution and Reaction 157

Part III The Transformation of the Law: 1766-1907

18 The Purity of England's Air 173

19 The Menace of the Mob 185

20 The Fear of the Felon 197

21 Garrow's Law? 201

22 The Tongue of Cicero: Thomas Erskine 206

23 The Drum Major of Liberty: Henry Brougham 218

24 The Bonfire of the Inanities: Peel, Public Protection and the Police 224

25 Lunacy and the Law 232

26 Necessity Knows No Law 241

27 The Apollo of the Bar: Edward Marshall Hall 252

Part IV The Rule Of Law: 1907-2014

28 'The Martyrdom of Adolph Beck' and the Creation of the Court of Criminal Appeal 261

29 Liberty Sacrificed to Security 267

30 Nuremberg and Norman Birkett 276

31 Wrongs and Rights 285

32 Deprave and Corrupt: Blasphemy, Obscenity and Oscar Wilde 289

33 Hanging in the Balance 305

34 A Murder in Catford 314

35 The Rule of Law under Threat? 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-333) and index.

ISBN:

9781783270118

178327011X

OCLC:

892462252