Cambridge studies in English legal history The judicial committee of the privy council, 1833-1876 : its origins, structure, and development
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521221463
ISBN 13
9780521221467
LCCN
KD 4460 .A1H
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1979
Publisher
Pages
xiv, 262 pages
Subject
United Kingdom Court System
Series Name
Abstract
"In the nineteenth century, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the supreme appellate tribunal for the British Empire, held sway over the lives, liberties and property of more than a quarter of the world's inhabitants, for it had the duty of hearing and determining appeals from some 150 colonial, Indian, Admiralty, Vice-Admiralty, prize, ecclesiastical and consular jurisdictions. It also had to dispose of certain patent and copyright matters and appeals from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and was obliged to hear and report on 'any... other matter whatsoever' that the Crown might think fit to refer to it. This remarkable court could hear every kind of cause, international, constitutional, civil or criminal, and, in contrast to the supreme appellate tribunals which have served other empires, it had to construe and apply many different systems of law." - from Amazon
Description
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. The creation of the Judicial Committee and the early development of its constitution; 3. The regulation of overseas appeals, 1833-1876; 4. The Judicial Committee in operation; 5. Appraisals and conclusions.
1. Introduction; 2. The creation of the Judicial Committee and the early development of its constitution; 3. The regulation of overseas appeals, 1833-1876; 4. The Judicial Committee in operation; 5. Appraisals and conclusions.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (238) and index
Donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by by series title, followed by author, then date.
Donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by by series title, followed by author, then date.
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1
