Outlines of Legal History. E-book. Formato PDF Archer M. White   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

A complete history of the English Law has yet to be written. Such a work would fill more than one pon derons volume, and would be beyond the reach of many who may find in the short sketch contained in these pages some help in getting an elementary knowledge of Legal History.

Law and Lawyers: A Sketch Book of Legal Biography, Gossip, and Anecdote. E-book. Formato PDF Archer Polson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

We have the following anecdote from a source to be relied on. George III. Was one day standing between Lord Eldon and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Sutton. After a moment's pause in the conversation, the king said, gravely, I am now in a position which, probably, no European king ever occupied before. Lord Eldon begged his Majesty to explain himself. I am standing, said the king, in the same grave tone, between the head of the Church, and the head of the Law in my kingdom — men who ought to be the patterns of morality, but who have both been guilty of the greatest immorality. The two lords Reverend and Learned looked shocked and astonished. Lord Eldon respectfully begged to know to what his Majesty alluded. Why, my lords, exclaimed the king, in a tone of banter Tell me, did you not both run away.

Principles of the Law of Nations: With Practical Notes and Supplementary Essays on the Law. E-book. Formato PDF Archer Polson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

VI. The law of nations originates in the will Of nations; its authority is their consent, and its evidence is, their practice and conventions. Practice evidences what is called the customary law Of nations, and conventions the conventional law Of nations.