Discourse on History, Law and Governance in the Public Career of John Selden, 1610-35

An analysis of the books and speeches of John Seldon, a lawyer and scholar of civil and constitutional law during the period from 1610 to 1635. Christianson (history, Queen's U.) summarizes the genesis of constitutional conflict in 17th century England through a thorough discussion of Seldon's early histories of English and European institutions, d