Secularizing a Religious Legal System: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Early Eighteenth Century England
The early eighteenth-century English ecclesiastical courts are a case study in the secularization of a legal system. As demonstrated elsewhere, the courts were very busy. And yet the theoretical justification for their jurisdiction was very much a matter of debate throughout the period, with divine-...
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| Language: | English |
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2019-07-01
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| Series: | British Journal of American Legal Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2019-0001 |