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Leading scholars explore the significance of Magna Carta in the recognition of rights, both in England and other parts of the world. This collection will be of interest to legal historians, legal academics, lawyers and historians concerned with a thematic development of how, and why, law changes over time.
List of contents
Introduction Catharine MacMillan; Part I. Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England: 1. Magna Carta: the emergence of the myth John Baker; 2. Benefit of clergy and the authority of Magna Carta Margaret McGlynn; 3. How to get rid of a king: lawyering the Revolution of 1399 David Seipp; 4. Magna Carta and the fragmented authorities of the later Middle Ages Anthony Musson; 5. Revolution principles and the revolution bench Mike Macnair; Part II. Broader Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England: 6. Magna Carta Clauses 4 and 5 and the problem of account Joshua Getzler; 7. Some effects of war on the law in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century England James Oldham; 8. Tax, freedom and social expectations: fiscal impact on the built environment in nineteenth-century England Chantal Stebbings; Part III. Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition (and Rejection) of Rights beyond England: 9. The Magna Carta in the German discourse about English constitutional law between the eighteenth and the early twentieth century Andreas Thier; 10. A Magna Carta for the world? The constitutional protection of foreign subjects in the age of revolution Daniel Hulsebosch; 11. 'The state of slavery': the slave, grace, and the rise of pro-slavery constitutionalism in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world Patricia Hagler Minter; 12. The Royal Proclamation of 1763: an indigenous Magna Carta's rough ride in British Columbia Hamar Foster; 13. 'Law: challenges to authority and the recognition of rights': examples from British India Raymond Cocks; 14. 'Unfortunate necessities of warfare?': Australia's national security regulations and the right to free speech during World War I Diane Kirkby.
About the author
Catharine MacMillan is Professor of Private Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.Charlotte Smith is Associate Professor in Law at the University of Reading.
Summary
Leading scholars explore the significance of Magna Carta in the recognition of rights, both in England and other parts of the world. This collection will be of interest to legal historians, legal academics, lawyers and historians concerned with a thematic development of how, and why, law changes over time.
