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The Privy Council And Private Law In The Tudor And Stuart Periods: I, John P. Dawson
The Privy Council And Private Law In The Tudor And Stuart Periods: I, John P. Dawson
Michigan Law Review
It has been often said that the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England were pre-eminently the age of conciliar government. The activities of the Tudor Privy Council extended into every phase of national life and were responsible, more than any other single factor, for the effective organization of an English national state. These activities continued under the first two Stuarts, with no break in institutional development, though they widened the gulf between Crown and people and hastened a revolution.
Place Of Trial Of Civil Cases, William Wirt Blume
Place Of Trial Of Civil Cases, William Wirt Blume
Michigan Law Review
Places involved in a study of place of trial may be classified in various ways. The most general classification is: (1) Places within one sovereignty, (2) Places in different sovereignties. Where there is choice of place within one sovereignty, the only rational basis for making the choice is convenience-convenience of the parties, jurors, witnesses, and of the court itself. The same is true when the choice is between courts of different sovereignties, but without cooperation between the sovereignties rational choice may not be possible. The purpose of this discussion is to compare choice of place in England before 1800 with …