EPISODE · Jul 2, 2019 · 51 MIN
Rhetoric and reality: the making of English medieval legislation
from Selden Society lecture series Australia · host Supreme Court Library Queensland
In this lecture, Professor Paul Brand looks at the different rhetorics of legislation enacted during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, a period when the initiative in legislation still clearly lay with the King and his advisers (rather than with the Commons in parliament) and also a period which saw the enactment of legislation with a major and continuing impact and importance. Visit the Supreme Court Library Queensland website for more: https://legalheritage.sclqld.org.au/2019-lecture-oneSupport the show
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In this lecture, Professor Paul Brand looks at the different rhetorics of legislation enacted during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, a period when the initiative in legislation still clearly lay with the King and his advisers (rather than with the Commons in parliament) and also a period which saw the enactment of legislation with a major and continuing impact and importance. Visit the Supreme Court Library Queensland website for more: https://legalheritage.sclqld.org.a...
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