Law-Making and Society in Late Elizabethan England - The Parliament of England, 1584 1601

Detailed account of the later Elizabethan parliaments, their activities and importance.

List of contents

1. Initiation and procedure; 2. Supply and the general pardon; 3. The crown and the state; 4. Religion and the church; 5. The common weal; 6. Law reform; 7. Private Legislation; 8. Expiring Laws Continuance Acts; Epilogue: The Parliament of 1604; Conclusion.

Summary

Examining a wide range of social and economic issues, law reform, religious and political concerns, and affairs both national and local, Law-Making and Society in Late Elizabethan England addresses the importance of parliament both as a political event and as a legislating institution.

Product details

• Authors: D. M. Dean, David Dean
• Assisted by: Anthony Fletcher (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.01.2011
• EAN: 9780521551083
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55108-3
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 691 g
• Series: Roman Literature and Its Conte
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law