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The First Century Of Magna Carta: The Diffusion Of Texts And Knowledge Of The Charter, Paul Brand Dec 2016

The First Century Of Magna Carta: The Diffusion Of Texts And Knowledge Of The Charter, Paul Brand

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Interpretation And Re-Interpretation Of A Clause: Magna Carta And The Widow’S Quarantine, Janet Loengard Dec 2016

Interpretation And Re-Interpretation Of A Clause: Magna Carta And The Widow’S Quarantine, Janet Loengard

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Great Charter Turned 800: Remembering Its 700th Birthday, Karl Shoemaker Dec 2016

The Great Charter Turned 800: Remembering Its 700th Birthday, Karl Shoemaker

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Forest Law Through The Looking Glass: Distortions Of The Forest Charter In The Outlaw Fiction Of Late Medieval England, Sarah Harlan-Haughey Dec 2016

Forest Law Through The Looking Glass: Distortions Of The Forest Charter In The Outlaw Fiction Of Late Medieval England, Sarah Harlan-Haughey

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Magna Carta: Law And Justice In The Fourteenth Century, Anthony Musson Dec 2016

The Legacy Of Magna Carta: Law And Justice In The Fourteenth Century, Anthony Musson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Magna Carta In The Late Middle Ages: Over-Mighty Subjects, Under-Mighty Kings, And A Turn Away From Trial By Jury, David J. Seipp Dec 2016

Magna Carta In The Late Middle Ages: Over-Mighty Subjects, Under-Mighty Kings, And A Turn Away From Trial By Jury, David J. Seipp

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Forest Eyre Justices In The Reign Of Henry Iii (1216–1272), Ryan Rowberry Dec 2016

Forest Eyre Justices In The Reign Of Henry Iii (1216–1272), Ryan Rowberry

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Magna Carta In The Fourteenth Century: From Law To Symbol?: Reflections On The “Six Statutes”, Charles Donahue Jr. Dec 2016

Magna Carta In The Fourteenth Century: From Law To Symbol?: Reflections On The “Six Statutes”, Charles Donahue Jr.

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Church And Magna Carta, R. H. Helmholz Dec 2016

The Church And Magna Carta, R. H. Helmholz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Salvation By Statute: Magna Carta, Legislation, And The King’S Soul, Thomas J. Mcsweeney Dec 2016

Salvation By Statute: Magna Carta, Legislation, And The King’S Soul, Thomas J. Mcsweeney

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Law Reform In The Ancient World: Did The Emperor Augustus Succeed Or Fail In His Morals Legislation?, Charles J. Reid Jr. Feb 2016

Law Reform In The Ancient World: Did The Emperor Augustus Succeed Or Fail In His Morals Legislation?, Charles J. Reid Jr.

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This is an Article with a dual purpose. First, it is concerned with the process of law reform: how do we judge a given reform’s success or failure? Do we adopt strictly linear metrics? Or do we look at nonlinear impacts? For example, in the campaign against tobacco, do we judge it a success because it has reduced cigarette smoking? Or because it reduced the political power of the tobacco companies?

Secondly, in this Article, I apply this complex means of analyzing law reform to the Emperor Augustus’s morals legislation. Legal historians have typically regarded Augustus’s morals legislation as having …