Book: Treason And The State: Law, Politics And Ideology In The English Civil War This study traces the transition of treason from a personal crime against a monarch to a more modern crime against the impersonal state. Prior to the Civil Wars of the 1640s, English jurists construed the law of treason largely as a personal crime against the monarch. The book reveals how the events of the 1640s challenged pre-existing interpretations and led to a revised understanding of treason as a crime committed against "the state" as an impersonal entity.
Details of Book: Treason And The State: Law, Politics And Ideology In The English Civil War Book: Treason And The State: Law, Politics And Ideology In The English Civil War
Author: D. Alan Orr
ISBN: 0521037336
ISBN-13: 9780521037334
, 978-0521037334
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 28052007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 248
Language: English