Justice upon petition : the House of Lords and the reformation of justice, 1621-1675 / James S. Hart.
1991
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Author
Title
Justice upon petition : the House of Lords and the reformation of justice, 1621-1675 / James S. Hart.
Published
London, UK : HarperCollinsAcademic, 1991.
Call Number
KD6850 .H355 1991
Alternate Title
House of Lords and the reformation of justice, 1621-1675
ISBN
0049422022
Description
287 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)23766799
Note
Based on author's thesis (Ph.D.--Cambridge University)
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-276) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1
Notes
13
1
The 1620s: the remaking of a court
15
Litigants and litigation
16
The causes of public discontent
21
The Lords' response: procedure and practice
35
Notes
55
2
The Long Parliament (i): looking back
64
The general problem
69
Conflicts over religion
70
Raising revenue: Ship Money and Coat and Conduct Money
87
Private property and personal liberty
93
Notes
98
3
The Long Parliament (ii): old problems in new cases
106
The legal system at large
110
Special problems : Chancery, Wards and the Exchequer
123
Arbitration
132
Notes
136
4
The Long Parliament (iii): the King's Council in Parliament
142
The decline of the Privy Council
144
The abolition of the prerogative courts
151
Maintaining the public peace
157
Notes
169
5
The Long Parliament (iv): the war years
175
Division and disruption
176
The law betrayed: the demands of civil war
190
The court under siege
204
Notes
211
6
The court restored
218
The Convention Parliament: law and the politics of reconciliation
223
The Cavalier Parliament: at work and under fire
240
Conclusion
259
Notes
263
Select Bibliography
270
Glossary of legal terms
277
Index
279