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J. W. Gough.
Fundamental Law in English Constitutional History.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955.
[No ISBN].
Hardback, stitch bound.
143x220x26mm.
x,229pp.
English.
Dustjacket somewhat ragged with its spine discoloured; book in good condition.This item £45.00
567g.No medieval emphasis: presents a study of how early principles, such as those framed in Magna Carta, have been invoked in later legal arguments as checks against the exercise of arbitrary power. Contents: Introductory; Antecedents; Sir Edward Coke; Claims of James I; Charles I & Parliament; Parliamentary sovereignty; Parliament's claims resisted; The Interregnum; After the Restoration; Revolution of 1688; 18th century; The last of fundamental law.
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