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Law, politics and society in early modern England /
Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I : the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560-c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II : multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject : law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629-1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”
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Liberty intact : human rights in English law /
Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Historical overview -- Liberty and equality -- The rule of law -- Access to justice -- Right of resistance -- Life, security, detention, torture, liberty, and Villeinage -- Property, taxation, elections, work, and slavery -- Freedom of expression -- Private and family life, home and correspondence -- Conscience, religion, association, assembly, petition, and duties -- Sovereignty and revolution -- Functions of rights -- Limits to legislation -- The future of British rights.…”
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Administrative law /
Table of Contents: “…Administration and the principles of the constitution -- The rule of law and the rule of judges -- Convention rights and administrative law -- Due process -- Impartiality and independence -- Reasons : process and substance -- Discretion and deference -- Substantive fairness -- Errors of law and control of fact finding -- How to sue the government : judicial processes and judicial remedies -- Standing : litigation and the public interest -- The reconstruction of tribunals -- Ombudsmen and other investigators -- Torts -- Contract.…”
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Law, politics and society in early modern England
Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”
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Justice : continuity and change /
Table of Contents: “…-- Magna Carta and the rule of law -- Magna Carta : liberties, customs, and the free flow of trade -- Delay too often defeats justice -- Magna Carta and religion -- Runnymede -- Advocates as protectors of the rule of law -- Access to justice and civil procedure -- Litigators : survive and thrive -- The Jackson reforms and civil justice -- Sharpening the public gaze : advances in open justice in England and Wales -- Threats to justice in the twenty-first century -- Halsey 10 years on : the decision revisited -- Arbitration versus litigation -- Arbitration after Brussels I reform -- Personal -- School day speech -- How my classical education has affected my life -- Valedictory -- Epilogue -- Changes in the law in the last 50 years.…”
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Law, politics and society in early modern England /
Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”
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The reinvention of Magna Carta 1216-1616 /
Table of Contents: “…The legal character of Magna Carta -- Chapter 29 in the fourteenth century -- Magna Carta in the inns of court 1340-1540 -- Personal liberty and the church -- Royal prerogative and common law under Elizabeth I -- William Fleetwood and Magna Carta -- The resurgence of chapter 29 after 1580 -- Magna Carta and the rule of law 1592-1606 -- Sir Edward Coke and Magna Carta 1606-1615 -- "A year consecrate to justice" 1616 -- Myth and reality -- Appendices. …”
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Spencer Bower The Law of Reliance-Based Estoppel and Related Doctrines.
Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Spencer Bower: Reliance-Based Estoppel -- Foreword -- Preface to the fifth edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Memoir -- Contents -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- Table of cases -- Part I -- General Principles -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction: definition and treatment -- Estoppel -- Reliance-based estoppel -- The modern doctrines: overlapping categories -- Historical development -- Estoppel by representation of fact deployable offensively and as a rule of law -- Theoretical basis and justification: unfair change of position -- Classifications rejected…”
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Abuse of process /
Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- B. Rule of Law -- C. Investigative Failures…”
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