The Reformation of the Constitution: Law, Culture and Conflict in Jacobean England

by Ian Ward

This book revisits one of the defining judicial engagements in English legal history.

It provides a fresh account of the years 1606 to 1616 which witnessed a series of increasingly volatile confrontations between, on the one side, King James I and his Attorney-General, Sir Francis Bacon, and on the other, Sir Edward Coke, successively Chief Justice of Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice.

At the heart of the dispute were differing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509957758
• ISBN13: 9781509957750
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"