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The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

Histories and New Discoveries of the Pendle Witch Trials

By: John A. Clayton

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The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

Histories and New Discoveries of the Pendle Witch Trials

By: John A. Clayton

The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy draws upon the experience of an author well versed and qualified in the history of his locality - namely the Forest of Pendle. John A Clayton provides here an in-depth study of the Lancashire Witch Trials of 1612 and, in so doing, many new discoveries of the event come to light. For instance; the most famous 'witch' of them all, Old Demdike (Elizabeth Southern), is found amongst the dusty records of Whalley parish church where she was both baptised and married. Demdike's husband, a farmer, brought his new wife and her illigitimate child into Pendle Forest and this would eventually trigger the trials at Lancaster of 19 people upon charges of witchcraft. The ancestors of Old Demdike, along with those of Chattox, Elizabeth Device, Alice Nutter et al are covered in a detail never before seen. The history of the Pendle Forest is covered in a depth that provides an unrivalled understanding of the subject of the Pendle Witches. The religious and political climate within the forest provide us with a fascinating idea of the times and, above all, new evidence is offered to show that the gentry would go to any lengths in the advancement of their estates - this would lead to tragedy for whole families within Pendle.

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Barrowford Press

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0955382122

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Law and Opinion in Scotland during the Seventeenth Century

By: John D Ford

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Law and Opinion in Scotland during the Seventeenth Century

By: John D Ford

In Britain at least, changes in the law are expected to be made by the enactment of statutes or the decision of cases by senior judges. Lawyers express opinions about the law but do not expect their opinions to form part of the law. It was not always so. This book explores the relationship between the opinions expressed by lawyers and the development of the law of Scotland in the century preceding the parliamentary union with England in 1707, when it was decided that the private law of Scotland was sufficiently distinctive and coherent to be worthy of preservation. Credit for this surprising decision, which has resulted in the survival of two separate legal systems in Britain, has often been given to the first Viscount Stair, whose Institutions of the Law of Scotland had appeared in a revised edition in 1693. The present book places Stair's treatise in historical context and asks whether it could have been his intention in writing to express the type of authoritative opinions that could have been used to consolidate the emerging law, and whether he could have been motivated in writing by a desire to clarify the relationship between the laws of Scotland and England. In doing so the book provides a fresh account of the literature and practice of Scots law in its formative period and at the same time sheds light on the background to the 1707 union. It will be of interest to legal historians and Scots lawyers, but it should also be accessible to lay readers who wish to know more about the law and legal history of Scotland

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847313981

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9781847313980

Champions of the Rule of Law

By: John Hostettler

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Champions of the Rule of Law

By: John Hostettler

An account of the lawyers who helped - over centuries - to develop and protect civil liberties, human rights and the Rule of Law. Also discusses breaches of the Rule of Law in modern cases and in response to terrorism.

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Waterside Press

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1904380689

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Law, Lawyers, and Humanism

By: John W Cairns

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Law, Lawyers, and Humanism

By: John W Cairns

This collection brings together a selection of the most cited articles published by Professor John W. Cairns. Essays range from Scots Law from 16th and 17th century Scotland, through to the 18th century influence of Dutch Humanism into the 19th century, a

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748682112

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The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History

By: John B. Nann,Morris L. Cohen

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The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History

By: John B. Nann,Morris L. Cohen

The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect their main subjects. Both groups need to understand the laws and legal practices of past eras. This essential reference is intended for the many nonspecialists who need to enter this arcane and often tricky area of research.

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Yale University Press

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0300235682

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9780300235685

Politics, Law and Counsel in Tudor and Early Stuart England

By: John Guy

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Politics, Law and Counsel in Tudor and Early Stuart England

By: John Guy

This book investigates the norms and values of Tudor and early-Stuart politics, which are considered in the contexts of law and the Reformation, legal and administrative institutions, and classical and legal humanism. Main themes include 'imperial' monarchy and the theory of 'counsel', Parliament and the royal supremacy, conciliar politics and organization, the relationship of law and equity, and the jurisdictional rivalry between the courts of common law and canon law. The author argues that norms of Tudor England were sufficiently pluralist to satisfy both 'absolutist' and 'constitutionalist' aspirations, whereas by 1628 they proved no longer effective as a mechanism for the orderly conduct of politics. The clash between two conflicting sets of values was translated into a clash of ideologies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040246567

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9781040246566

The Law of Usages and Customs, with Illustrative Cases

By: John Davison Lawson

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The Law of Usages and Customs, with Illustrative Cases

By: John Davison Lawson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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338543131X

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9783385431317

The Law Emprynted and Englysshed

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change in Law and Legal Culture 1475-1642

By: David John Harvey

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The Law Emprynted and Englysshed

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change in Law and Legal Culture 1475-1642

By: David John Harvey

What impact did the printing press – a new means of communicating the written word – have on early modern English lawyers? This book examines the way in which law printing developed in the period from 1475 up until 1642 and the start of the English Civil War. It offers a new perspective on the purposes and structures of the regulation of the printing press and considers how and why lawyers used the new technology. It examines the way in which lawyers adapted to the use of printed works and the way in which the new technology increased the availability of texts and books for lawyers and the administrative community. It also considers the wider humanist context within which law printing developed. The story is set against the backdrop of revolutionary changes in English society and the move not only to print the law, but also increase its accessibility by making information available in English. The book will be of interest to lawyers and legal historians, print and book historians and the general reader.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782257322

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9781782257325

The Works of John Knox, Volume 3: Earliest Writings 1548-1554

Earliest Writings 1548-1554

By: John Knox

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The Works of John Knox, Volume 3: Earliest Writings 1548-1554

Earliest Writings 1548-1554

By: John Knox

John Knox (1514-1572) was more a reformer of the Scottish Kirk than he was a systematic theologian, as his collected works will attest. Knox had a profound influence upon theological and ecclesiological developments in Scotland both purely by the force of his personality and by the role he played in shaping the Scots Confession and the Book of Common Order. Knox was an ordained priest and served as a tutor prior to his conversion to Protestantism. Volumes One and Two: Knox's famous 'History of the Reformation in Scotland'. Apologetics as much as history, 'History of the Reformation in Scotland' was immediately seized and suppressed when it initially appeared, yet it has remained available in various editions for over 400 years. Volume Three: 'Earliest Writings', 1548-1554 Volume Four: 'Writings from Frankfurt and Geneva'. These writings in exile include Knox's famous 'First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women', his violent diatribe against Mary of Guise. Volume Five: 'On Predestination' and other writings. 'On Predestination, in Answer to the Cavillations by an Anabaptist' is Knox's longest theological work and presents a position of rigid predestinationism. Volume Six: Letters, Prayer, and other shorter writings with a sketch of his life.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592445276

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9781592445271

Testament of Love

By: Thomas Usk,John Leyerle

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Testament of Love

By: Thomas Usk,John Leyerle

Usk was a figure of political and literary importance who was in the politics of late 14th-century London. A critical edition of his meditation on the fickle nature of worldly fortune and exploration of the relationship between grace and free will.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802054714

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9780802054715

The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words

Wherein is Set Forth the True Meaning of All, Or the Most Part of Such Words and Terms as are Mentioned in the Law-writers ... Laws, Statutes, Or Other Antiquities

By: John Cowell

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The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words

Wherein is Set Forth the True Meaning of All, Or the Most Part of Such Words and Terms as are Mentioned in the Law-writers ... Laws, Statutes, Or Other Antiquities

By: John Cowell

Cowell, John. The Interpreter: Or Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Foorth the True Meaning of All, or the Most Part of Such Words and Termes, as are Mentioned in the Lawe Writers, or Statutes of This Victorious and Renowned Kingdome, Requiring Any Exposition or Interpretation. A Worke not Onely Profitable, but Necessary for Such as Desire Throughly to be Instructed in the Knowledge of Our Lawes, Statutes, and Other Antiquities. Cambridge: Printed by John Legate, 1607. Unpaginated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-265-4. Cloth. $125. * Reprint of the rare first edition. The Interpreter was considered to be the best law dictionary until Jacob's, and was, and still is, used by scholars of early English legal texts. Indeed, Walker describes Cowell [1554-1611] as "reputed the most learned civilian of his time." But its publication sparked enormous controversy. At a time when Parliament and crown were vying for power, the Commons disapproved of Cowell's monarchical orientation, which was evident in such definitions as "King," "Parliament," "Prerogative," "Recoveries" and "Subsidies." When a joint committee of Lords and Councillors reviewed the work, the ensuing controversy nearly halted the affairs of government. James I intervened in fear that his own fiscal interests would not be approved by the Parliament, and ordered a proclamation that imprisoned Cowell, suppressed the book and ordered all copies burned by a public hangman on March 10, 1610. Moreover, The Interpreter contained a quotation that criticized Littleton's scholarship, which alienated and enraged Sir Edward Coke. It comes as no surprise that he was instrumental in the book's suppression and in Cowell's persecution. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 311. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 233-4. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) I:477. Marke, Vignettes of Legal History 309-312. Cowley, A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digest, Dictionariesand Indexes to the Year 1800 106. Sweet and Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I: 7 (18).

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1584772654

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Book's by John Lawe

The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

Law and Opinion in Scotland during the Seventeenth Century

Law and Opinion in Scotland during the Seventeenth Century

Champions of the Rule of Law

Champions of the Rule of Law

Law, Lawyers, and Humanism

Law, Lawyers, and Humanism

The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History

The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History

Politics, Law and Counsel in Tudor and Early Stuart England

Politics, Law and Counsel in Tudor and Early Stuart England

The Law of Usages and Customs, with Illustrative Cases

The Law of Usages and Customs, with Illustrative Cases

The Law Emprynted and Englysshed

The Law Emprynted and Englysshed

The Works of John Knox, Volume 3: Earliest Writings 1548-1554

The Works of John Knox, Volume 3: Earliest Writings 1548-1554

Testament of Love

Testament of Love

The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words

The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words

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