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Title

  • Studies in history and jurisprudence,

Names

  • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922
  • Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, Oxford university press, American branch; [etc., etc., 1901]

Contents

  • CONTENTS.--The Roman empire and the British empire in India. -- The extension of Roman and English law throughout the worls.--Flexible and rigid constitutions.--The action of centripetal and centrifugal forces on political constitutions.--Primitive Iceland.--The Constitution of the United States as seen in the past.--The South African constitutions.--The constitution of the commonwealth of Australia.--Obedience.--The nature of sovereignty.--The law of nature.--The methods of legal science.--The relations of law and relgion.-- Methods of lawmaking in Rome and in England.--The history of legal development at Rome and in England.--Marriage and divorce in Roman and in English law.--Inaugural lecture.--Valedictory lecture.

Headings

  • -  Political science
  • -  Imperialism
  • -  Rome--Politics and government
  • -  Great Britain--Politics and government
  • -  Constitutional history--United States
  • -  Constitutional history--South Africa--Transvaal
  • -  Constitutional history--Iceland
  • -  Constitutional history--Australia
  • -  Natural law
  • -  Law--History
  • -  Jurisprudence
  • -  Marriage law

Notes

  • -  "None if these studies have previously appeared in print except two, viz, those relating to the United States [in Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science, 5th series, no. 9] and the two Duthc republics [in Forum, April, 1896] and both of these hav been enlarged and revised ... Some studies were (in substance) delivered as public lectures at Oxford during the years 1870-1893."--Pref.
  • -  Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-01-11 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • xxiii, 926 p. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JA41 .B8
  • Microfilm 33648 JA
  • D7 .B9

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02000185

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, and Woodrow Wilson Collection. Studies in History and Jurisprudence. [New York, Oxford university press, American branch; etc., etc, 1901] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02000185/.

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Bryce, J. B. & Woodrow Wilson Collection. (1901) Studies in History and Jurisprudence. [New York, Oxford university press, American branch; etc., etc] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02000185/.

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Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, and Woodrow Wilson Collection. Studies in History and Jurisprudence. [New York, Oxford university press, American branch; etc., etc, 1901] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02000185/>.