The law of treason in England in the later middle ages / by J.G. Bellamy.
1970
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The law of treason in England in the later middle ages / by J.G. Bellamy.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1970.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in English legal history.
Formatted Contents Note
The Medieval Concept of Treason
The Treatise Writers and the English Law of Treason at the End of the Thirteenth Century
The Origins of the English State Trial
The Great Statute of Treasons
The Scope of Treason, 1352-1485
Treason before the Courts, 1352-1485
The Origins and the Early History of the Act of Attainder
Treason and the Constitution.
The Treatise Writers and the English Law of Treason at the End of the Thirteenth Century
The Origins of the English State Trial
The Great Statute of Treasons
The Scope of Treason, 1352-1485
Treason before the Courts, 1352-1485
The Origins and the Early History of the Act of Attainder
Treason and the Constitution.
Summary
Professor Bellamy places the theory of treason in its political setting and analyses the part it played in the development of legal and political thought in this period. He pays particular attention to the Statute of Treason of 1352, an act with a notable effect on later constitutional history and which, in the opinion of Edward Coke, had a legal importance second only to that of Magna Carta. He traces the English law of treason to Roman and Germanic origins, and discusses the development of royal attitudes towards rebellion, the judicial procedures used to try and condemn suspected traitors, and the interaction of the law of treason and constitutional ideas.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511522369 ebook
9780521078306 (hardback)
9780521526388 (paperback)
9780521078306 (hardback)
9780521526388 (paperback)
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