Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058 09/15/2005 09:53 AM THE ONLINE LIBRARY OF LIBERTY © Liberty Fund, Inc. 2005 http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/index.php MISC - MAGNA CARTA ESSAYS, MAGNA CARTA COMMEMORATION ESSAYS (1917) URL of this E-Book: http://oll.libertyfund.org/EBooks/Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058.pdf URL of original HTML file: http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/HTML.php?recordID=0058 ABOUT THE AUTHOR This book by various authors was published to coincide with the 700th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. It includes essays by leading lawyers and historians of law such as Viscount Bryce, Paul Vinogradoff, McIlwain, and the editor McKechnie. ABOUT THE BOOK A collection of essays about the history and continuing significance of Magna Carta. THE EDITION USED Magna Carta Commemoration Essays, edited by Henry Elliot Malden, M.A. with a Preface by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M., Etc. For the Royal Historical Society, 1917. 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Table Of Contents MAGNA CARTA CELEBRATION COMMITTEE, 1914 PREFACE VISCOUNT BRYCE INTRODUCTION THE EDITOR FOOTNOTES FOR INTRODUCTION MAGNA CARTA, 1215–1915 PROFESSOR MCKECHNIE THE FIRST EPOCH THE SECOND EPOCH THE THIRD EPOCH FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER I INNOCENT III AND THE CHARTER PROFESSOR G. B. ADAMS APPENDIX TEXT OF THE POPE'S LETTER OF 18 JUNE FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER II BARONS AND KNIGHTS IN THE GREAT CHARTER DR. J. H. ROUND FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER III CLAUSE 39 PROFESSOR SIR PAUL VINOGRADOFF FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER IV PER IUDICIUM PARIUM VEL PER LEGEM TERRAE PROFESSOR POWICKE SECTION I SECTION II FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER V MAGNA CARTA AND THE COMMON LAW PROFESSOR MCILWAIN I. THE AFFIRMANCE OF COMMON LAW II. PARTICIPATION III. VARIETIES OF PARLIAMENTARY ENACTMENT FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER VI THE INFLUENCE OF MAGNA CARTA ON AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DR. H. D. HAZELTINE SECTION I SECTION II SECTION III SECTION IV FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER VII MAGNA CARTA AND SPANISH MEDIÆVAL JURISPRUDENCE SEÑOR RAFAEL ALTAMIRA http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/EBook.php?recordID=0058 Page 2 of 198 Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058 09/15/2005 09:53 AM SECTION I SECTION II FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER VIII FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE REIGN OF KING JOHN MR. HILARY JENKINSON FOOTNOTES FOR CHAPTER IX _______________________________________________________ MISC - MAGNA CARTA ESSAYS, MAGNA CARTA COMMEMORATION ESSAYS (1917) MAGNA CARTA COMMEMORATION ESSAYS WITH A PREFACE BY THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT BRYCE, O.M., ETC. EDITED BY HENRY ELLIOT MALDEN, M.A. HON. FELLOW, TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE HON. SECRETARY, ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1917 MAGNA CARTA CELEBRATION, 1915. GENERAL COMMITTEE. NOMINATED IN 1914. (Italics indicate University or Society nominating a Representative on the Committee.) CHAIRMAN: http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/EBook.php?recordID=0058 Page 3 of 198 Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058 09/15/2005 09:53 AM * The Right Hon. VISCOUNT BRYCE, O.M., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.B.A. PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: * C. H. FIRTH, LL.D., Litt.D., F.B.A., Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford. His Grace the Lord ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. His Eminence CARDINAL GASQUET. The Rt. Hon. the LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. The Rt. Hon. VISCOUNT DILLON, M.A., F.S.A., Society of Antiquaries. The Rt. Hon. LORD COZENS-HARDY, Master of the Rolls. The Rt. Hon. LORD FITZMAURICE, M.A. * The Rt. Rev. BISHOP G. F. BROWNE, D.D., D.C.L., F.S.A. The Rt. Hon. LORD JUSTICE KENNEDY, F.B.A. (the late) Lincoln's Inn. The Rt. Hon. SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK, Bart., D.C.L., LL.D., F.B.A., Selden Society. Sir JAMES H. RAMSAY, Bart., M.A., D.L. Sir E. W. BRABROOK, C.B., F.S.A., London and Middlesex Archæological Society. Sir WILLIAM BYRNE, K.C.V.O., C.B., Gray's Inn. * Sir C. E. H. CHADWYCK-HEALEY, K.C.B., K.C., F.S.A., Selden Society. Sir HENRY HOWORTH, K.C.I.E., F.R.S., Royal Archæological Institute. * Sir FREDERIC G. KENYON, M.A., D.Litt., Ph.D., F.B.A., Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum. Sir VESEY KNOX, K.C., Gray's Inn. Sir SIDNEY LEE, Litt.D. Sir H. C. MAXWELL LYTE, K.C.B., F.S.A., F.B.A., Deputy Keeper of the Records. Sir EDWARD MAUNDE THOMPSON, G.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D., F.B.A. Sir ADOLPHUS WARD, Litt.D., LL.D., F.B.A., Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. The Very Rev. the DEAN OF LINCOLN, D.D. The Very Rev. the DEAN OF SALISBURY, D.D. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/EBook.php?recordID=0058 Page 4 of 198 Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058 09/15/2005 09:53 AM The Very Rev. the DEAN OF CARLISLE, D.D. * The Ven. ARCHDEACON CUNNINGHAM, D.D., LL.D., F.B.A. The Hon. JOHN ABERCROMBY, President, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Professor G. B. ADAMS, Ph.D., Yale University, U.S.A. Professor C. M. ANDREWS, Ph.D., Yale University, U.S.A. H. W. APPLETON, M.A., Professor of Ancient and Modern History, University of Sheffield. ROBERT BAGSTER, F.S.A., British Archæological Association. Professor J. F. BALDWIN, Vassar College, U.S.A. C. R. BEAZLEY, D.Litt., F.R.G.S., Professor of History, University of Birmingham. CHARLES BÉMONT, Directeur-Adjoint à l'École des Hautes-Etudes, Paris. E. DE GRAY BIRCH, LL.D., F.S.A. Sir F. A. BOSANQUET, K.C., Inner Temple. P. HUME BROWN, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Ancient History and Palæography, University of Edinburgh. OSCAR BROWNING, M.A. WILLIAM MOIR BRYCE, M.A., Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. R. M. BURROWS, M.A., D.Litt., Ph.D., Principal King's College, University of London. W. A. CATER, F.S.A., British Archæological Association. Miss A. M. COOKE, M.A., Lecturer in History, University of Leeds. * J. F. CHANCE, M.A. PATRICK COOPER, M.A., University of Aberdeen. W. J. CORBETT, M.A. * H. W. C. DAVIS, M.A. The Rt. Hon. H. A. L. FISHER, M.A., LL.D., F.B.A., Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. The Hon. J. W. FORTESCUE, M.V.O., Librarian, Windsor Castle. EDWIN FRESHFIELD, LL.D., Pipe Roll Society. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/EBook.php?recordID=0058 Page 5 of 198 Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058 09/15/2005 09:53 AM Rev. HENRY GEE, D.D., University of Durham. * G. P. GOOCH, M.A. A. J. GRANT, M.A., Professor of History, University of Leeds. Mrs. J. R. GREEN. * HUBERT HALL, F.S.A., Literary Director, Royal Historical Society; Secretary to the Royal Commission on Public Records. FREDERIC HARRISON, Litt.D. Professor C. H. HASKINS, Ph.D., Harvard University, U.S.A. H. D. HAZELTINE, Litt.D. * F. J. C. HEARNSHAW, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Mediæval History, University of London. W. S. HOLDSWORTH, D.C.L., All Souls Reader in English Law, University of Oxford. Sir COURTENAY P. ILBERT, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. Professor J. F. JAMESON, Ph.D., LL.D., Carnegie Institution, Washington, U.S.A. C. H. JENKINSON, M.A., Surrey Archæological Society. EDWARD JENKS, B.C.L. C. S. KENNY, LL.D., F.B.A., Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. * C. L. KINGSFORD, M.A., F.S.A. * G. T. LAPSLEY, M.A., Ph.D., University of Cambridge. FELIX LIEBERMANN, Ph.D., LL.D., University of Berlin. W. A. LINDSAY (the late), K.C., D.L., Pipe Roll Society. A. G. LITTLE, M.A., Lecturer in Palæography, Victoria University of Manchester. Colonel E. M. LLOYD, R.E. R. LODGE, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., Professor of History, University of Edinburgh. Miss E. A. MCARTHUR, Litt.D. J. D. MACKIE, M.A., Lecturer in Modern History, University of St. Andrews. C. H. MCILWAIN, Professor of History and Government, Harvard University, U.S.A. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/EBook.php?recordID=0058 Page 6 of 198 Misc - Magna Carta Essays_0058 09/15/2005 09:53 AM Rev. J. P. MAHAFFY, C.V.O., D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. * W. S. MCKECHNIE, LL.B., D.Phil., Lecturer in Constitutional Law and History, University of Glasgow. D. J. MEDLEY, M.A., Professor of History, University of Glasgow. J. HEPBURN MILLAR, B.A., LL.B., Professor of Constitutional Law and Constitutional History, University of Edinburgh. J. H. MORGAN, M.A., Professor of Constitutional Law, University of London. GEORGE NEILSON, LL.D. C. W. C. OMAN, M.A., F.S.A., F.B.A., Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford. Colonel M. B. PEARSON, C.B., London and Middlesex Archæological Society. W. PETIT-DUTAILLIS, Recteur de l'Université de Grenoble, Université de France. L. O. PIKE, M.A. Professor H. PIRENNE, Université de Gand. Sir H. B. POLAND, K.C., Inner Temple. A. F. POLLARD, M.A., Litt.D., Professor of Constitutional History, University of London, Historical Association.