LEADER 04322nam 2200841 a 450 001 996248214903316 005 20221108102925.0 010 $a0-520-91303-5 010 $a0-585-04116-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520913035 035 $a(CKB)111000211184388 035 $a(dli)HEB07918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000227111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12044137 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10263155 035 $a(PQKB)10613422 035 $a(DE-B1597)568907 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520913035 035 $a(OCoLC)1198929856 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000009613194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30771814 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30771814 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211184388 100 $a20010301d1993 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe prince and the law, 1200-1600 $esovereignty and rights in the western legal tradition /$fKenneth Pennington 205 $a?A Centennial Book?, Reprint 2020 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1993 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 335 p. ) 300 $a"A Centennial book"--Half-title verso. 311 0 $a0-520-07995-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-324) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER 1. The Emperor Is Lord of the World --$tCHAPTER 2. The Prince's Power and Authority 1150-1270 --$tCHAPTER 3. The Power of the Prince in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries --$tCHAPTER 4. Natural Law and Positive Law --$tCHAPTER 5. Henry VII and Robert of Naples --$tCHAPTER 6. The Authority of the Prince in the Late Middle Ages --$tCHAPTER 7. The Pazzi Conspiracy and the Jurists --$tEpilogue --$tBibliography of Works Cited --$tGeneral Index --$tIndex of Manuscripts --$tIndex of Legal Citations 330 $aThe power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due process, Kenneth Pennington addresses that struggle and opens an entirely new vista in the study of Western legal tradition. Pennington investigates legal interpretations of the monarch's power from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. Then, tracing the evolution of defendants' rights, he demonstrates that the origins of due process are not rooted in English common law as is generally assumed. It was not a sturdy Anglo-Saxon, but, most probably, a French jurist of the late thirteenth century who wrote, "A man is innocent until proven guilty." This is the first book to examine in detail the origins of our concept of due process. It also reveals a fascinating paradox: while a theory of individual rights was evolving, so, too, was the concept of the prince's "absolute power." Pennington illuminates this paradox with a clarity that will greatly interest students of political theory as well as legal historians. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aKings and rulers$xHistory 606 $aPrerogative, Royal$xHistory 606 $aRule of law$xHistory 606 $aMonarchy$xHistory 606 $aRoman law$xInfluence 606 $aLaw, Medieval 606 $aKings and rulers$xHistory 606 $aPrerogative, Royal$xHistory 606 $aRule of law$xHistory 606 $aMonarchy$xHistory 606 $aRoman law$xInfluence 606 $aLaw, Medieval 615 0$aKings and rulers$xHistory. 615 0$aPrerogative, Royal$xHistory. 615 0$aRule of law$xHistory. 615 0$aMonarchy$xHistory. 615 0$aRoman law$xInfluence. 615 0$aLaw, Medieval. 615 0$aKings and rulers$xHistory 615 0$aPrerogative, Royal$xHistory 615 0$aRule of law$xHistory 615 0$aMonarchy$xHistory 615 0$aRoman law$xInfluence 615 0$aLaw, Medieval 676 $a340/.11 700 $aPennington$b Kenneth$0241996 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bNyNyACL 801 1$bNyNyACL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248214903316 996 $aThe prince and the law, 1200-1600$92300852 997 $aUNISA