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An analysis of the interaction of the law of treason and constitutional ideas.
Synopsis
Professor Bellamy traces the English law of treason to Roman and Germanic origins, and discusses the development of royal attitudes towards rebellion, the judicial procedures used to try and condemn suspected traitors, and the interaction of the law of treason and constitutional ideas.
Table of Contents
Editor's preface; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The medieval concept of treason; 2. The treatise writers and the English law of treason at the end of the thirteenth century; 3. The origins of the English state trial; 4. The great statute of treasons; 5. The scope of treason, 1352-1485; 6. Treason before the courts, 1352-1485; 7. The origins and the early history of the Act of Attainder; 8. Treason and the constitution; Appendixes; Select bibliography; Index.