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Workshop 'The Rule of Law' with Dr Clare Jackson (Cambridge) and internal speakers
Location: Wolfson Exchange 1 & 2, Library
A workshop on 'Rule of Law', organised by David Fletcher
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Keynote: Clare Jackson (Cambridge): James VI & I: Lex Loquens
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14:00
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Introductions
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Keynote speaker
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14:10
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Clare Jackson
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James VI & I: Lex Loquens
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14:40
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Q&As
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15:00
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Break
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The rule of law, executive power, and the courts
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15:15
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Thomas Pert
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"Possession...is said to be eleven points in the law": The confiscation of the Electoral Palatinate and the Imperial Constitution in the Thirty Years' War, c.1621-1648"
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15:30
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David Fletcher
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‘Prerogative Royal and absolute power’ – James II’s Declarations of Indulgence
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15:45
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Bernard Capp
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The Rule(s) of Law: independence, integrity, and discretion in early modern English courts
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16:00
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Q&As
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16:15
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Break
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Moral and religious law
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16:30
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Hannah Straw
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‘An Offence of a public nature’: The Cock Tavern scandal and moral law in the Restoration
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16:45
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Rebekah Andrew
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‘Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God’: Henry Fielding, English Law, and the Bible
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17:00
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Q&As
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17:15
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Next steps
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17:30
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End
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Further event information and programme here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ecc/eventsnew/ruleoflaw/Link opens in a new window
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