Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England: Justice and Political Power, 1558-1660
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History Series)
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This book offers an interesting interpretation of the hidden culture of the early modern legal profession and its influence on the development of the English constitution. It locates an alternative site of political sovereignty in the legal communities at the Inns of Court in London, examining the signs of legitimacy by which they sought to validate the claim that common law represented sovereign constitutional authority. The role of symbols in the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521044537
ISBN13:9780521044530
Release Date:December 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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