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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A new approach to the telling of legal history, devoid of jargon and replete with good stories, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to know more about the common law - the spinal cord of the English body politic.
Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908. xxviii, 547 pp. Although Maitland never intended to publish these lectures, they have long been regarded as one of the best introductions to the English Constitution. Delivered in the winter of 1887 and spring of 1888, and edited and published in 1908 by one of Maitland's students, Herbert A.L. Fisher, they cover the period from 1066 to the end of the nineteenth century. Rather than a narrative historical format, they focus on describing the work of the constitution during five distinct moments in English history: 1307, 1509, 1625, 1702 and 1887. They provide an entry to some of the major concepts he later expounded in his se...
'If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee' Jill Lepore, New Yorker 'One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of the most interesting writers of non-fiction around' - William Dalrymple, Guardian 'Colley takes you on intellectual journeys you wouldn't think to take on your own, and when you arrive you wonder that you never did it before' - David Aaronovitch, the Times 'A global history of remarkable depth, imagination and insight' Tony Barber, Financial Times Summer Books Starting not with the United States, but with the Corsican constitution of 1755, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen moves through every continent, disrupting accepted narrative...
This book covers the revised curriculum for LL.B Part II course on Constitutional History of Pakistan, which is a compulsory subject for many graduate and post-graduate students studying for a degree in Law, Pakistan Studies, Political Science and Public Administration. Since constitutionalhistory cannot be taught in a vacuum, the author has included political history so that a new generation of scholars can fully understand the impediments to constitution framing in Pakistan and the difficult course it has taken. The author has updated this edition to meet the needs of students, aswell as lawyers and judges. The text retains the substance of the required syllabi and the author's candid interpretations.