Sir John Baker is Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England and an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He is an Honorary Bencher of both the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn, and was knighted for his services to legal history in 2003. He has published widely on the subject, including Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History (OUP, 2019), An Introduction to Legal History (5th edition, OUP, 2018), The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI (OUP, 2003) and The Law's Two Bodies (OUP, 2001).

• Preface Acknowledgments Table of Statutes and other Legislation Alphabetical Table of Named Cases Table of Cases cited by Year Table of Extracts from Lectures and Treatises List of Abbreviations 1: The Monarchy 2: Devolution of the Crown 3: Charters and Confirmations of Liberties 4: The King and the Rule of Law 5: The High Court of Parliament 6: Parliamentary Legislation 7: Subordinate Legislation 8: The Central Courts of Common Law 9: The Court of Chancery 10: Conciliar Courts 11: The Church and Its Jurisdiction 12: The High Commission 13: Local Authority and Jurisdiction 14: Liberty of the Person 15: Taxation and Purveyance 16: Freedom of Trade 17: Treason 18: Homicide 19: Offences in Respect of Property 20: Criminal Responsibility 21: Criminal Procedure 22: The Death Penalty and Its Avoidance 23: The Boundaries of English Law Index of names Index of subjects

Legal history is important because it explains why we do things the way we do. It also confirms that many legal issues and challenges dealt with by lawyers over the centuries have not changed much. We still help people manage their money, buy and sell land, and assist when they get into trouble and have disputes with authority....A theme that permeates this book is the development of ideas about the rule of law, due process and the rights of the individual against the state. This is a work of considerable scholarship, consisting of excerpts from law reports, legislation, charters and other documents which illustrate the way legal history has evolved....This book is full of gems.

Sir John Baker is Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England and an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He is an Honorary Bencher of both the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn, and was knighted for his services to legal history in 2003. He has published widely on the subject, including Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History (OUP, 2019), An Introduction to Legal History (5th edition, OUP, 2018), The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI (OUP, 2003) and The Law's Two Bodies (OUP, 2001).

• Preface Acknowledgments Table of Statutes and other Legislation Alphabetical Table of Named Cases Table of Cases cited by Year Table of Extracts from Lectures and Treatises List of Abbreviations 1: The Monarchy 2: Devolution of the Crown 3: Charters and Confirmations of Liberties 4: The King and the Rule of Law 5: The High Court of Parliament 6: Parliamentary Legislation 7: Subordinate Legislation 8: The Central Courts of Common Law 9: The Court of Chancery 10: Conciliar Courts 11: The Church and Its Jurisdiction 12: The High Commission 13: Local Authority and Jurisdiction 14: Liberty of the Person 15: Taxation and Purveyance 16: Freedom of Trade 17: Treason 18: Homicide 19: Offences in Respect of Property 20: Criminal Responsibility 21: Criminal Procedure 22: The Death Penalty and Its Avoidance 23: The Boundaries of English Law Index of names Index of subjects

Legal history is important because it explains why we do things the way we do. It also confirms that many legal issues and challenges dealt with by lawyers over the centuries have not changed much. We still help people manage their money, buy and sell land, and assist when they get into trouble and have disputes with authority....A theme that permeates this book is the development of ideas about the rule of law, due process and the rights of the individual against the state. This is a work of considerable scholarship, consisting of excerpts from law reports, legislation, charters and other documents which illustrate the way legal history has evolved....This book is full of gems.

Sir John Baker is Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England and an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He is an Honorary Bencher of both the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn, and was knighted for his services to legal history in 2003. He has published widely on the subject, including Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History (OUP, 2019), An Introduction to Legal History (5th edition, OUP, 2018), The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI (OUP, 2003) and The Law's Two Bodies (OUP, 2001).

• Preface Acknowledgments Table of Statutes and other Legislation Alphabetical Table of Named Cases Table of Cases cited by Year Table of Extracts from Lectures and Treatises List of Abbreviations 1: The Monarchy 2: Devolution of the Crown 3: Charters and Confirmations of Liberties 4: The King and the Rule of Law 5: The High Court of Parliament 6: Parliamentary Legislation 7: Subordinate Legislation 8: The Central Courts of Common Law 9: The Court of Chancery 10: Conciliar Courts 11: The Church and Its Jurisdiction 12: The High Commission 13: Local Authority and Jurisdiction 14: Liberty of the Person 15: Taxation and Purveyance 16: Freedom of Trade 17: Treason 18: Homicide 19: Offences in Respect of Property 20: Criminal Responsibility 21: Criminal Procedure 22: The Death Penalty and Its Avoidance 23: The Boundaries of English Law Index of names Index of subjects

Legal history is important because it explains why we do things the way we do. It also confirms that many legal issues and challenges dealt with by lawyers over the centuries have not changed much. We still help people manage their money, buy and sell land, and assist when they get into trouble and have disputes with authority....A theme that permeates this book is the development of ideas about the rule of law, due process and the rights of the individual against the state. This is a work of considerable scholarship, consisting of excerpts from law reports, legislation, charters and other documents which illustrate the way legal history has evolved....This book is full of gems.