Author : Sir John Fortescue
Release : 1999
Genre : Constitutional law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 79X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Governance of England, Otherwise Called, The Difference Between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy by : Sir John Fortescue

Download or read book The Governance of England, Otherwise Called, The Difference Between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy written by Sir John Fortescue. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortescue, Sir John. The Governance of England: Otherwise Called The Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy. A Revised Text edited with Introduction, Notes, and Appendices by Charles Plummer. London: Oxford University Press, 1885. xxiii, 387pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-886363-79-X. Cloth. $70. * "This work cannot be described as the first law book written in English, but it has the distinction of being the first book about law in that language..." Winfield, The Chief Sources of English Legal History 317-318. Examines and compares the value of absolute and limited monarchy in the governments of France and England. First published in 1714, this edition, which was edited by Christopher Plummer, was published in 1885. Winfield also describes this edition as "The best edition." Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 365.