Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Corporate Community, Representation, and Consent
6. I. Parisian Masters as a Corporation, 1200 - 1246 27
7. II. Roman Law and Early Representation in Span and Italy, 1150 - 1250 61
8. III. Plena Potestas and Consent in Medieval Assemblies 91
9. IV. A Romano - Canonical Maxim, Quod Omnes Tangit, In Bracton and in Early Parliaments 163
10. Part II. Public Law and The State
11. V. Ratio Publicae Utilitatis, Ratio Status, and "Reason of State", 1100 - 1300 241
12. VI. Status Regni: Lestat Du Roialme in The Statute of York, 1322 310
13. VII. Status, ID Est, Magistratus: L'Etat, C'est Moi 333
14. VIII. Status Regis: Lestat Du Roi in The Statute of York 368
15. IX. The Roman Law and The "Inalienability Cause" in The English Coronation Oath 415
16. X. Public Law, The State, and Nationalism 434
17. XI. The Naturalness of Society and The State 494
18. Reflections 562
19. Bibliography 571
20. Index 611