ABSTRACT
This book measures contemporary attitudes to the law - within and outside of the legal profession – to see how c17th century Englishmen defined the role of law in their society, to see what their expectations were of the law and how these expectations helped shape political debate – and ultimately determined political decisions – over the course of a very turbulent century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
part |58 pages
Foundations of the Law
chapter |35 pages
The Structure and Machinery of the Law
chapter |21 pages
The Judiciary
part |85 pages
Royal Government
chapter |36 pages
James I: Of Kings and Kingdoms
chapter |47 pages
Charles I: New Approaches to Old Problems
part |71 pages
Parliamentary Government
chapter |30 pages
The High Court of Parliament
chapter |39 pages
The Great Council
part |62 pages
Cromwellian Government