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03256aam a2200385 i 4500 001 698795909FDF11EA86A3D44697128E48 003 SILO 005 20200527010026 008 190917s2019 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019042183 020 $a 1509934219 020 $a 9781509934218 035 $a (OCoLC)1121436899 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a KD612 $b .S53 2019 100 1 $a Shapiro, Barbara J, $e author. 245 10 $a Law reform in early modern England : $b crown, parliament and the press / $c Barbara J Shapiro. 264 1 $a Oxford ; $b Hart, $c 2019. 300 $a 266 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The Early Tudors and Law Reform 1509- -- The Elizabethan Era 1558- -- The Early Stuarts 1603- -- The Civil War and Parliamentary Rule 1640- -- Commonwealth and Protectorate 1649- -- The Restoration Era 1660- -- Revolution and Beyond 1688-1740 -- Conclusion. 520 $a "This book provides an illuminating commentary of law reform in the early modern era (1500-1740) and views the moves to improve law and legal institutions in the context of changing political and governmental environments. Taking a fresh look at law reform over several centuries, it explores the efforts of the king and parliament, and the body of literature supporting law reform that emerged with the growth of print media, to assess the place of the well-known attempts of the revolutionary era in the context of earlier and later movements. Law reform is seen as a long term concern and a longer time frame is essential to understand the 1640-1660 reform measures. The book considers two law reform movements: the moderate movement which had a lengthy history and whose chief supporters were the governmental and parliamentary elites, and which focused on improving existing law and legal institutions, and the radical reform movement, which was concentrated in the revolutionary decades and which sought to overthrow the common law, the legal profession and the existing system of courts. Informed by attention to the institutional difficulties in completing legislation, this highlights the need to examine particular parliaments. Although lawyers have often been seen as the chief obstacles to law reform, this book emphasises their contributions - particularly their role in legislation and in reforming the corpus of legal materials - and highlights the previously ignored reform efforts of Lord Chancellors"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Law reform $z England $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Law reform $z England $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Law reform $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 7 $a Law reform. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00994081 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 648 7 $a 1500-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Shapiro, Barbara J, $t Law reform in early modern england $d Oxford ; New York : Hart, 2020. $z 9781509934225 $w (DLC) 2019042184 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=698795909FDF11EA86A3D44697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search