De Laudibus Legum Anglie
Fortescue's dialogue in praise of the laws of England, written for the instruction of Henry VI's son, is one of the essential sources for English legal history, and has always been renowned among lawyers for its lucidity of style and for the unique account it gives of the workings of contemporary English law. In addition, Fortescue's practical experience, and the leisure that he has in exile to read and reflect upon political questions, made him both an original politician thinker and a statesman who could suggest practical reforms. This 1949 edition provides a Latin text derived directly from the earliest MSS, a translation avoiding assumptions from later history, and critical annotation often based on original research.
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De Laudibus Legum Anglie
Fortescue's dialogue in praise of the laws of England, written for the instruction of Henry VI's son, is one of the essential sources for English legal history, and has always been renowned among lawyers for its lucidity of style and for the unique account it gives of the workings of contemporary English law. In addition, Fortescue's practical experience, and the leisure that he has in exile to read and reflect upon political questions, made him both an original politician thinker and a statesman who could suggest practical reforms. This 1949 edition provides a Latin text derived directly from the earliest MSS, a translation avoiding assumptions from later history, and critical annotation often based on original research.
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De Laudibus Legum Anglie

De Laudibus Legum Anglie

by John Fortescue
De Laudibus Legum Anglie

De Laudibus Legum Anglie

by John Fortescue

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Fortescue's dialogue in praise of the laws of England, written for the instruction of Henry VI's son, is one of the essential sources for English legal history, and has always been renowned among lawyers for its lucidity of style and for the unique account it gives of the workings of contemporary English law. In addition, Fortescue's practical experience, and the leisure that he has in exile to read and reflect upon political questions, made him both an original politician thinker and a statesman who could suggest practical reforms. This 1949 edition provides a Latin text derived directly from the earliest MSS, a translation avoiding assumptions from later history, and critical annotation often based on original research.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107601246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/30/2011
Edition description: 2nd Revised ed.
Pages: 350
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

General preface: the age of Littleton and Fortescue; Editor's preface; Chronology of Fortescue's life; Part I. Introduction: 1. Fortescue's life and works; 2. The De Laudibus Legum Angelie; 3. The arguments; 4. Estimates and conclusions; Part II. De Laudibus Legum Angelie; Part III. Text and Translation; Part IV. Notes to the text; Appendices; Index.
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