The Legal History of Wales

Thomas Watkin

Description

A study of Wales's legal history from its beginnings to the present day, including an assessment of the importance of Roman and English influences to Wales's legal social identity. New edition.
1. Pre-Roman Britain 2. Wales in the Roman Empire 3. The Sub-Roman Period 4. The Age of the Native Princes 5. The Norman Invasion and Edward I 6. The Later Middle Ages 7. The Tudors and the Union with England 8. The Age of the Great Sessions 9. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 10 Devolution and After

Sujets

• Legal History
• Droit et juridique
• Law
• Wales

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780708325452
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The Legal History of Wales Second Edition

Thomas Glyn Watkin

University of Wales Press

THE LEGAL HISTORY OF WALES

The Legal History of Wales

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THOMAS GLYN WATKIN

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2007

© Thomas Glyn Watkin, 2007 Second edition 2012

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN eISBN

978-0-7083-2517-9 978-0-7083-2545-2

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The right of Thomas Glyn Watkin to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt, Pentyrch, Cardiff Printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire

For Hannah, in memory of her grandparents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Abbreviations

1. Pre-Roman Britain

Contents

2. Wales in the Roman Empire

3. The Sub-Roman Period

4. The Age of the Native Princes

5. The Norman Invasion and Edward I

6. The Later Middle Ages

7. The Tudors and the Union with England

8. The Age of the Great Sessions

9. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

10. Devolution and Legal Identity

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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