Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England - Justice and Political Power, 1558-1660 (Paperback)

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 culture of English law is central to the book's analysis. Within the framework of a cultural history of the legal profession from 1558 to 1660, the book considers the social presence of the law, revealed in its various signs. It analyses how institutional existence at the Inns of Court presented the legal community as an emblematic template for the English nation-state, defending the sovereignty of the Ancient Constitution by reference to the immemorial provenance of common law.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Paul Raffield
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-04453-0
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	0-521-04453-7
Barcode:	9780521044530

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