Sir John Davies and the Conquest of Ireland: A Study in Legal Imperialism

by Hans S. Pawlisch and Pawlisch Hans S.

Book Overview

This study examines the Law Reports of Sir John Davies and litigation pleaded before the central Irish courts during the period in which Davies served in Ireland as solicitor-general (1603-6) and attorney-general (1606-19). The author's main concern is to explicate the legal and jurisprudential issues involved and to draw out their deeper political implications. He argues that, in the absence of a malleable parliament, judge-made law became the instrument...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526574
• ISBN13: 9780521526579
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"