{"product_id":"the-ancient-constitution-and-the-origins-of-angloamerican-liberty-9780875803425","title":"The Ancient Constitution and the Origins of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, English and American lawyers appealed to the ancient constitution as the cornerstone of liberty. The author demonstrates that this concept of an unchanging, ancient constitution, furnished English common lawyers and parliamentarians an argument with which to combat royal prerogative power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first-rate tour de force by a master.... A valedictory statement of a major theme in [Reid's] lifetime's work.\u003c\/p\u003e -- G. Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Reid] makes a fine case for his view that ancient legal constitutional concepts were among the most important causes of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephen Presser, Northwestern University School of Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReid clearly presents thoughtful and penetrating studies that will be of great service to anyone interested in understanding the legal roots of Anglo-American liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e * The American Journal of Legal History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introductory Note\u003cbr\u003e 1 Forensic History\u003cbr\u003e The Legal Perspective\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Advocacy of Lawyers\u003cbr\u003e Uses of the Ancient Constitution\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Authority of the Past\u003cbr\u003e The Theory of the Past\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Advocacy of the Past\u003cbr\u003e Waging Forensic History\u003cbr\u003e 5 Forensic Techniques of Ancient Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e Forensic Techniques of Timeless Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Forensic History of Gothicism and Saxonism\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Forensic History of the Norman Conquest\u003cbr\u003e The Eighteenth-Century Conquest\u003cbr\u003e The Evidence of Conquest\u003cbr\u003e The Unrevolutionary Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 8 The Forensic History of Reform\u003cbr\u003e Forensic History of Magna Carta\u003cbr\u003e Forensic History of the New Jurisprudence\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Forensic History of Liberty Notes\u003cbr\u003e Short Titles\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MB - Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577717035351,"sku":"9780875803425","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803425.jpg?v=1746096347","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ancient-constitution-and-the-origins-of-angloamerican-liberty-9780875803425","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}