Year: 1921
Type: article
Abstract: HISTORIANS and lawyers, great and small, have united in praising Edward 111's act of treasons.They speak of the fundamental character of this " blessed act," a and express admiring astonishment a t its leniency, especially its omission of any mention of conspiracies to levy war on, or to depose, the king.They point out, however, that parliament could overcome these defects either in its judicial or its legislative capacity, and " unfortunately " 8 sometimes did so.They also speak of the gaps being filled, though only a t a much later date, by the growth of the doctrine of constructive treason.But until the
Source: History
Author: I. D. Thornley
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1997349823