Title: Justice upon petition: the House of Lords and the reformation of justice, 1621-1675
Abstract: The 1620s - the remaking of a court - litigants and litigation, the causes of public discontent, the Lords' response - procedure and practice the Long Parliament - looking back - the general problem, conflicts over religion, raising revenue - Ship Money and Coat and Conduct Money, private property and personal liberty the Long Parliament (ii) - old problems in new cases - the legal system at large, special problems - Chancery, Wards and the Exchequer, arbitration the Long Parliament (iii) - the King's Council in Parliament - the decline of the Privy council, the abolition of the prerogative courts, maintaining the public peace the Long Parliament (iv) - the war years - division and disruption, the law betrayed - the demands of Civil war, the court under seige the court restored - the convention parliament - law and the politics and reconciliation, the Cavalier Parliament - at work and under fire.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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