Author: John Barrell
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ISBN: 9780198112921
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish between fantasising about the death of George and imagining it, in the legal sense of intending or designing? John Barrell examines this question in the context of the political trials of the mid-1790s and the controversies they generated. He shows how the law of treason was adapted in the years following Louis's death to punish what was acknowledged to be a "modern" form of treason unheard of when the law had been framed. The result, he argues, was the invention of a new and imaginary reading, a "figurative" treason, by which the question of who was imagining the king's death, the supposed traitors or those who charged them with treason, became inseparable.
Imagining the King's Death
Author: John Barrell
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ISBN: 9780198112921
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish between fantasising about the death of George and imagining it, in the legal sense of intending or designing? John Barrell examines this question in the context of the political trials of the mid-1790s and the controversies they generated. He shows how the law of treason was adapted in the years following Louis's death to punish what was acknowledged to be a "modern" form of treason unheard of when the law had been framed. The result, he argues, was the invention of a new and imaginary reading, a "figurative" treason, by which the question of who was imagining the king's death, the supposed traitors or those who charged them with treason, became inseparable.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198112921
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish between fantasising about the death of George and imagining it, in the legal sense of intending or designing? John Barrell examines this question in the context of the political trials of the mid-1790s and the controversies they generated. He shows how the law of treason was adapted in the years following Louis's death to punish what was acknowledged to be a "modern" form of treason unheard of when the law had been framed. The result, he argues, was the invention of a new and imaginary reading, a "figurative" treason, by which the question of who was imagining the king's death, the supposed traitors or those who charged them with treason, became inseparable.
A Digest of the Laws of England ... Continued Down to the Present Time, by a Gentleman of the Inner Temple
A Digest of the Criminal Law
Author: James Fitzjames Stephen
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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A New and Complete Law-dictionary
Author: Timothy Cunningham
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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The Trial of James Watson, for High Treason
Author: William Brodie Gurney
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Category : Spa Fields Riot, London, England, 1816
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category : Spa Fields Riot, London, England, 1816
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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The English Reports: King's Bench Division
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
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V. 1-11. House of Lords (1677-1865) -- v. 12-20. Privy Council (including Indian Appeals) (1809-1865) -- v. 21-47. Chancery (including Collateral reports) (1557-1865) -- v. 48-55. Rolls Court (1829-1865) -- v. 56-71. Vice-Chancellors' Courts (1815-1865) -- v. 72-122. King's Bench (1378-1865) -- v. 123-144. Common Pleas (1486-1865) -- v. 145-160. Exchequer (1220-1865) -- v. 161-167. Ecclesiastical (1752-1857), Admiralty (1776-1840), and Probate and Divorce (1858-1865) -- v. 168-169. Crown Cases (1743-1865) -- v. 170-176. Nisi Prius (1688-1867).
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
Book Description
V. 1-11. House of Lords (1677-1865) -- v. 12-20. Privy Council (including Indian Appeals) (1809-1865) -- v. 21-47. Chancery (including Collateral reports) (1557-1865) -- v. 48-55. Rolls Court (1829-1865) -- v. 56-71. Vice-Chancellors' Courts (1815-1865) -- v. 72-122. King's Bench (1378-1865) -- v. 123-144. Common Pleas (1486-1865) -- v. 145-160. Exchequer (1220-1865) -- v. 161-167. Ecclesiastical (1752-1857), Admiralty (1776-1840), and Probate and Divorce (1858-1865) -- v. 168-169. Crown Cases (1743-1865) -- v. 170-176. Nisi Prius (1688-1867).
The English Reports: King's Bench (1378-1865)
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
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A History of English Law
Author: Sir William Searle Holdsworth
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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The Lives and Trials of A. H. Rowan, the Rev. W. Jackson, the Defenders, W. Orr, P. Finnerty, Etc
The Lives and Trials of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, the Rev. William Jackson, the Defenders, William Orr, Peter Finnerty, and Other Eminent Irishmen
Author: Thomas MacNevin
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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