The Politics of the Ancient Constitution: An Introduction to English Political Thought 1600-1642

ISBN-13: 9780333527467 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 312 str.

Glenn Burgess

Opis

The Politics of the Ancient Constitution is a close examination of the political ideas of common lawyers in early Stuart England, and includes important surveys of the ideas of Sir Edward Coke and John Selden. It provides an original interpretation of the lawyers' theory of the ancient constitution and on this basis it provides a novel interpretation of the basic structure of political thought and ideology in pre-Civil War England. In this way the book is able to make a substantial contribution to debates over the ideological origins of the English Revolution.

Spis treści

Preface.- PART 1 EXPLORING THE ANCIENT CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND Ancient Constitutions: Politics and the Past.- The Ancient Constitution of England.- Problems and Implications.- PART 2 THE COMMON LAW MIND AND THE STRUCTURE OF POLITICAL DEBATE Some Historiographical Perspectives.- The Elements of Consensus in Jacobean England.- Making Consensus Work.- Towards Breakdown: 'New Counsels' and the Dissolution of Consensus.- Epilogue: The Crisis of the Common Law.