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The Ancient Constitution And The Origins Of Anglo-American Liberty
The Ancient Constitution And The Origins Of AngloAmerican Liberty
Author: John Phillip Reid
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, English and American lawyers appealed to "the ancient constitution" as the cornerstone of liberty. According to this idea, constitutional law was not dictated by a monarch but based on the authority of custom, passed down unaltered from time immemorial. Legal historian John Phillip Reid convincingly d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780875803425
ISBN-10: 0875803423
Publication Date: 8/27/2005
Pages: 188
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Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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