04322nam 2200841 a 450 99624821490331620221108102925.00-520-91303-50-585-04116-410.1525/9780520913035(CKB)111000211184388(dli)HEB07918(SSID)ssj0000227111(PQKBManifestationID)12044137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227111(PQKBWorkID)10263155(PQKB)10613422(DE-B1597)568907(DE-B1597)9780520913035(OCoLC)1198929856(MiU)MIU01000000000000009613194(MiAaPQ)EBC30771814(Au-PeEL)EBL30771814(EXLCZ)9911100021118438820010301d1993 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrThe prince and the law, 1200-1600 sovereignty and rights in the western legal tradition /Kenneth Pennington“A Centennial Book”, Reprint 2020Berkeley University of California Pressc19931 online resource (xiii, 335 p. )"A Centennial book"--Half-title verso.0-520-07995-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-324) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction --CHAPTER 1. The Emperor Is Lord of the World --CHAPTER 2. The Prince's Power and Authority 1150-1270 --CHAPTER 3. The Power of the Prince in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries --CHAPTER 4. Natural Law and Positive Law --CHAPTER 5. Henry VII and Robert of Naples --CHAPTER 6. The Authority of the Prince in the Late Middle Ages --CHAPTER 7. The Pazzi Conspiracy and the Jurists --Epilogue --Bibliography of Works Cited --General Index --Index of Manuscripts --Index of Legal CitationsThe power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due process, Kenneth Pennington addresses that struggle and opens an entirely new vista in the study of Western legal tradition. Pennington investigates legal interpretations of the monarch's power from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. Then, tracing the evolution of defendants' rights, he demonstrates that the origins of due process are not rooted in English common law as is generally assumed. It was not a sturdy Anglo-Saxon, but, most probably, a French jurist of the late thirteenth century who wrote, "A man is innocent until proven guilty." This is the first book to examine in detail the origins of our concept of due process. It also reveals a fascinating paradox: while a theory of individual rights was evolving, so, too, was the concept of the prince's "absolute power." Pennington illuminates this paradox with a clarity that will greatly interest students of political theory as well as legal historians.ACLS Humanities E-Book.Kings and rulersHistoryPrerogative, RoyalHistoryRule of lawHistoryMonarchyHistoryRoman lawInfluenceLaw, MedievalKings and rulersHistoryPrerogative, RoyalHistoryRule of lawHistoryMonarchyHistoryRoman lawInfluenceLaw, MedievalKings and rulersHistory.Prerogative, RoyalHistory.Rule of lawHistory.MonarchyHistory.Roman lawInfluence.Law, Medieval.Kings and rulersHistoryPrerogative, RoyalHistoryRule of lawHistoryMonarchyHistoryRoman lawInfluenceLaw, Medieval340/.11Pennington Kenneth241996American Council of Learned Societies.NyNyACLNyNyACLBOOK996248214903316The prince and the law, 1200-16002300852UNISA