The Ancient Constitution: And the Origins of Anglo-American Liberty

by John Phillip Reid

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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, English and American lawyers appealed to the ancient constitution as the cornerstone of liberty. According to this idea, constitutional law was not dictated by a monarch but based on the authority of custom, passed down unaltered from time immemorial. Legal historian John Phillip Reid convincingly demonstrates that this concept of an unchanging, ancient constitution furnished English common lawyers and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0875803423

ISBN13:9780875803425

Release Date:June 2005

Publisher:Northern Illinois University Press

Length:196 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.7" x 9.3"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

17th Century Americas Constitutional Law Education & Reference History Law Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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