Ray A. Moore and Donald L. Robinson
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195151169
- eISBN:
- 9780199833917
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019515116X.003.0012
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
Presents the Privy Council's debate of the draft bill and Legislative Bureau's preparation for the Diet debates. Before the draft could be submitted to the Diet, the Privy Councillors, former prime ...
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Presents the Privy Council's debate of the draft bill and Legislative Bureau's preparation for the Diet debates. Before the draft could be submitted to the Diet, the Privy Councillors, former prime ministers and other conservative advisers to the emperor, examined and debated it. In eleven sessions between April 22 and June 3, the councillors expressed deep concern about the chapters on the emperor, on the permanent disarmament of Japan and many other provisions of the draft, but came to understand why they could not change them. These sessions helped minister Kanamori Tokujirō and Satō Tatsuo of the Legislation Bureau to prepare the government to face the House of Representatives in the debate of this bill.Less
Presents the Privy Council's debate of the draft bill and Legislative Bureau's preparation for the Diet debates. Before the draft could be submitted to the Diet, the Privy Councillors, former prime ministers and other conservative advisers to the emperor, examined and debated it. In eleven sessions between April 22 and June 3, the councillors expressed deep concern about the chapters on the emperor, on the permanent disarmament of Japan and many other provisions of the draft, but came to understand why they could not change them. These sessions helped minister Kanamori Tokujirō and Satō Tatsuo of the Legislation Bureau to prepare the government to face the House of Representatives in the debate of this bill.
Julian Goodare
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199243549
- eISBN:
- 9780191714160
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199243549.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
Most questions about how Scotland was governed tend sooner or later to lead back to the privy council. Below the crown, the council was the supreme executive authority, with a general political ...
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Most questions about how Scotland was governed tend sooner or later to lead back to the privy council. Below the crown, the council was the supreme executive authority, with a general political competence that allowed it to intervene in almost any area of government. This was partly because the privy council was more closely connected to the monarchy than any other executive body. The privy council was a corporate body, with its own administrative structure and traditions, able to run the daily central government by itself. This chapter looks at the privy council and its gradual emergence as the central coordinating body of daily government. It worked by consensus with the monarch (something that changed little even after 1603), and coordinated the executive government departments. The privy council's relationship with Scottish nobility is also considered.Less
Most questions about how Scotland was governed tend sooner or later to lead back to the privy council. Below the crown, the council was the supreme executive authority, with a general political competence that allowed it to intervene in almost any area of government. This was partly because the privy council was more closely connected to the monarchy than any other executive body. The privy council was a corporate body, with its own administrative structure and traditions, able to run the daily central government by itself. This chapter looks at the privy council and its gradual emergence as the central coordinating body of daily government. It worked by consensus with the monarch (something that changed little even after 1603), and coordinated the executive government departments. The privy council's relationship with Scottish nobility is also considered.
Patrick Polden
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199258819
- eISBN:
- 9780191718151
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258819.003.0017
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter discusses the judicial roles of the House of Lords and Privy Council from 1820-1914. Topics covered include the era of Lord Eldon, the establishment of the Judicature Commission, the ...
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This chapter discusses the judicial roles of the House of Lords and Privy Council from 1820-1914. Topics covered include the era of Lord Eldon, the establishment of the Judicature Commission, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, the creation of the Judicial Committee, and the organization and procedure of the Privy Council.Less
This chapter discusses the judicial roles of the House of Lords and Privy Council from 1820-1914. Topics covered include the era of Lord Eldon, the establishment of the Judicature Commission, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, the creation of the Judicial Committee, and the organization and procedure of the Privy Council.
Julian Goodare
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199243549
- eISBN:
- 9780191714160
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199243549.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter examines the question: was there a ‘Stewart revolution in government’? This chapter argues that there was, but looks at certain modifications of the ‘revolution in government’ hypothesis ...
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This chapter examines the question: was there a ‘Stewart revolution in government’? This chapter argues that there was, but looks at certain modifications of the ‘revolution in government’ hypothesis that are necessary in order to apply it to Scotland. The key development, linked to numerous others, was the establishment of an executive privy council as a corporate decision-making body, rather than having a king advised by ‘lords of council’, usually individually. Below the privy council came more active administrative departments, notably the late 16th-century exchequer and then the early 17th-century treasury. Both bureaucracy and centralisation grew, with more of the governing that local elites did being subject to national standards (statute law, and the practice of the court of session) rather than local custom. Taxation, both direct and indirect, also grew. The state now drew its revenues from the propertied classes rather than having its own separate property. There was also a transformed role for parliament.Less
This chapter examines the question: was there a ‘Stewart revolution in government’? This chapter argues that there was, but looks at certain modifications of the ‘revolution in government’ hypothesis that are necessary in order to apply it to Scotland. The key development, linked to numerous others, was the establishment of an executive privy council as a corporate decision-making body, rather than having a king advised by ‘lords of council’, usually individually. Below the privy council came more active administrative departments, notably the late 16th-century exchequer and then the early 17th-century treasury. Both bureaucracy and centralisation grew, with more of the governing that local elites did being subject to national standards (statute law, and the practice of the court of session) rather than local custom. Taxation, both direct and indirect, also grew. The state now drew its revenues from the propertied classes rather than having its own separate property. There was also a transformed role for parliament.
Julian Goodare
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199243549
- eISBN:
- 9780191714160
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199243549.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter discusses the relationship of the Scottish parliament to the crown, which refers not only to the person who was entitled to wear this item of headgear, but also to the vehicle for the ...
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This chapter discusses the relationship of the Scottish parliament to the crown, which refers not only to the person who was entitled to wear this item of headgear, but also to the vehicle for the issuing of orders in that person's name in such a way that they carried effective legal force. The rise of parliament was paralleled by the rise of a more powerful personal monarchy, in which the crown began to do more things using the royal prerogative, and even to exclude parliament from certain areas. The possibility of sustained conflict between crown and parliament began to arise. The continuing influence and involvement of the crown after 1603 casts doubt on the concept of ‘absentee monarchy’. This chapter discusses the role of personal monarchy in the politics and government of Scotland, as well as that of parliament, royal court, privy council, and nobility.Less
This chapter discusses the relationship of the Scottish parliament to the crown, which refers not only to the person who was entitled to wear this item of headgear, but also to the vehicle for the issuing of orders in that person's name in such a way that they carried effective legal force. The rise of parliament was paralleled by the rise of a more powerful personal monarchy, in which the crown began to do more things using the royal prerogative, and even to exclude parliament from certain areas. The possibility of sustained conflict between crown and parliament began to arise. The continuing influence and involvement of the crown after 1603 casts doubt on the concept of ‘absentee monarchy’. This chapter discusses the role of personal monarchy in the politics and government of Scotland, as well as that of parliament, royal court, privy council, and nobility.
DAVID LOADES
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201939
- eISBN:
- 9780191675089
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201939.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter details the life and career of John Dudley from 1540–1547. On 12 March 1541, Sir John Dudley was became Viscount Lisle, following the death of his stepfather, Lord Lisle. In 1543, he was ...
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This chapter details the life and career of John Dudley from 1540–1547. On 12 March 1541, Sir John Dudley was became Viscount Lisle, following the death of his stepfather, Lord Lisle. In 1543, he was appointed Lord Admiral, becoming one of the great officers of the state. Dudley was an ex officio member of the Privy Council, but did not attend his first meeting until 23 April 1543, when he was sworn. One the same day he was also created a knight of the Garter, along with Lord St. John and Lord William Parr. Within a year of his elevation to the peerage, he became a major political figure. As an administrator he was thorough, reliable, and disciplined. As Henry entered his last great war with France, John Dudley was extremely well placed to take advantage of the opportunities which such campaigns always offered.Less
This chapter details the life and career of John Dudley from 1540–1547. On 12 March 1541, Sir John Dudley was became Viscount Lisle, following the death of his stepfather, Lord Lisle. In 1543, he was appointed Lord Admiral, becoming one of the great officers of the state. Dudley was an ex officio member of the Privy Council, but did not attend his first meeting until 23 April 1543, when he was sworn. One the same day he was also created a knight of the Garter, along with Lord St. John and Lord William Parr. Within a year of his elevation to the peerage, he became a major political figure. As an administrator he was thorough, reliable, and disciplined. As Henry entered his last great war with France, John Dudley was extremely well placed to take advantage of the opportunities which such campaigns always offered.
Julian Goodare
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199243549
- eISBN:
- 9780191714160
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199243549.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
Queen Mary returned to her native land in 1561 to take over the government of a kingdom in which a provisional administration had been formed in the previous year by the Protestant insurgents, the ...
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Queen Mary returned to her native land in 1561 to take over the government of a kingdom in which a provisional administration had been formed in the previous year by the Protestant insurgents, the ‘Lords of the Congregation’, who had overthrown the regency of her mother, Mary of Guise. An outline of the new administration of Scotland had first taken shape on August 1, 1559, when the Lords of the Congregation made a bond not to communicate with the regent. This chapter discusses how the various components of government — monarchy, parliament, privy council, nobility, and so on — acquired legitimacy in the course of political practice. In investigating this, law and government are considered as a reflection of a set of shared values. ‘Righteous’ government was highly valued, not least because it was recognised that rulers and governmental agencies might do things that would be undesirable or wrong.Less
Queen Mary returned to her native land in 1561 to take over the government of a kingdom in which a provisional administration had been formed in the previous year by the Protestant insurgents, the ‘Lords of the Congregation’, who had overthrown the regency of her mother, Mary of Guise. An outline of the new administration of Scotland had first taken shape on August 1, 1559, when the Lords of the Congregation made a bond not to communicate with the regent. This chapter discusses how the various components of government — monarchy, parliament, privy council, nobility, and so on — acquired legitimacy in the course of political practice. In investigating this, law and government are considered as a reflection of a set of shared values. ‘Righteous’ government was highly valued, not least because it was recognised that rulers and governmental agencies might do things that would be undesirable or wrong.
Steven Gow Calabresi
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780190075774
- eISBN:
- 9780190075804
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190075774.003.0004
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Legal History
This chapter describes the history and workings of the Privy Council, which was the Supreme Court of both the First and Second British Empires from 1607 until the present day. The Judicial Committee ...
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This chapter describes the history and workings of the Privy Council, which was the Supreme Court of both the First and Second British Empires from 1607 until the present day. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), as it came to be called in 1833, provided vertical federalism judicial review in all British Imperial cases arising outside of England and Wales to ensure that English colonies were not adopting laws that were repugnant to English law. The British Empire from 1607 to the present day was and is a constitutional federal entity with centralized federalism judicial review vested in what is now called the JCPC. The JCPC, which still exists, does not have the power of horizontal judicial review, either over acts of the U.K. Parliament, or of the prime minister. The Privy Council between 1607 and 1776 reined in the thirteen North American British colonies when they enacted laws or decided cases in ways that were repugnant to the laws of England. The JCPC decided Canadian and Australian federalism and separation of powers case from 1867 on thereby habituating those countries to the practice of federalism and separation of powers judicial review, which both countries have followed since gaining independence.Less
This chapter describes the history and workings of the Privy Council, which was the Supreme Court of both the First and Second British Empires from 1607 until the present day. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), as it came to be called in 1833, provided vertical federalism judicial review in all British Imperial cases arising outside of England and Wales to ensure that English colonies were not adopting laws that were repugnant to English law. The British Empire from 1607 to the present day was and is a constitutional federal entity with centralized federalism judicial review vested in what is now called the JCPC. The JCPC, which still exists, does not have the power of horizontal judicial review, either over acts of the U.K. Parliament, or of the prime minister. The Privy Council between 1607 and 1776 reined in the thirteen North American British colonies when they enacted laws or decided cases in ways that were repugnant to the laws of England. The JCPC decided Canadian and Australian federalism and separation of powers case from 1867 on thereby habituating those countries to the practice of federalism and separation of powers judicial review, which both countries have followed since gaining independence.
Fred Phillips
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199532711
- eISBN:
- 9780191705489
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532711.003.0025
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter begins with a discussion of how, when viewed from the New Commonwealth, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords was always considered a powerful, if amorphous, creation, while the ...
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This chapter begins with a discussion of how, when viewed from the New Commonwealth, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords was always considered a powerful, if amorphous, creation, while the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was less so. It argues that despite the criticisms and imperfections, it cannot be disputed that the courts made an invaluable contribution to the common law jurisprudence in the New Commonwealth.Less
This chapter begins with a discussion of how, when viewed from the New Commonwealth, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords was always considered a powerful, if amorphous, creation, while the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was less so. It argues that despite the criticisms and imperfections, it cannot be disputed that the courts made an invaluable contribution to the common law jurisprudence in the New Commonwealth.
Bruce Harris
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199213290
- eISBN:
- 9780191707551
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213290.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law, EU Law
This chapter examines ‘judicial creativity’ in New Zealand's appellate courts. It argues that judicial creativity is a natural and vital part of how the three branches of government work together to ...
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This chapter examines ‘judicial creativity’ in New Zealand's appellate courts. It argues that judicial creativity is a natural and vital part of how the three branches of government work together to provide a single comprehensive system. The selection of appellate decisions discussed in this chapter displays the range of judicial creativity and restraint in the New Zealand jurisdiction. Both an appreciation of the degree of creativity which the system of government expects of the courts and the ongoing confidence the community maintains in the courts, suggest that the New Zealand appellate courts — notwithstanding the strident concerns of a small group of business and academic commentators — are perceived to be maintaining an appropriate balance between creativity and restraint.Less
This chapter examines ‘judicial creativity’ in New Zealand's appellate courts. It argues that judicial creativity is a natural and vital part of how the three branches of government work together to provide a single comprehensive system. The selection of appellate decisions discussed in this chapter displays the range of judicial creativity and restraint in the New Zealand jurisdiction. Both an appreciation of the degree of creativity which the system of government expects of the courts and the ongoing confidence the community maintains in the courts, suggest that the New Zealand appellate courts — notwithstanding the strident concerns of a small group of business and academic commentators — are perceived to be maintaining an appropriate balance between creativity and restraint.
Aidan O'Neill
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199264629
- eISBN:
- 9780191698965
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264629.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal Profession and Ethics
This chapter examines the constitutional foundations of adjudication on ‘devolution issues’ and the role and character of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It argues that the 1998 ...
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This chapter examines the constitutional foundations of adjudication on ‘devolution issues’ and the role and character of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It argues that the 1998 devolution Acts caused a lack of clarity and confusion at the apex of the UK's legal systems and that ‘for the sake of constitutional and democratic stability in post-devolution UK’ a better arrangement is needed.Less
This chapter examines the constitutional foundations of adjudication on ‘devolution issues’ and the role and character of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It argues that the 1998 devolution Acts caused a lack of clarity and confusion at the apex of the UK's legal systems and that ‘for the sake of constitutional and democratic stability in post-devolution UK’ a better arrangement is needed.
Andrew Gurr
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198129776
- eISBN:
- 9780191671852
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198129776.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Drama
The main instruments of change in the years when the playing companies were first securing a foothold in London were the companies themselves, ...
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The main instruments of change in the years when the playing companies were first securing a foothold in London were the companies themselves, with their determination to establish a grip on the financial resources that the thousands of London’s paying customers offered them daily. The significant agents of change were the great lords of the Privy Council who gave them patronage. Until the companies acceded to royal patronage in 1603, three or four leading patrons led the fight against the city authorities’ opposition to playing. One figure looms particularly large in the story of how they secured their London foothold: Charles Howard, Lord Effingham, later Lord Admiral and later still the earl of Nottingham. Before looking at his actions in these years, though, it is appropriate to consider the first of the official controllers of companies, a man who was Howard’s kin and whom Howard patronized, Edmund Tilney. This chapter looks at the official controllers’ policies regarding playing companies, the plays performed by the companies, and the playhouses where they performed.Less
The main instruments of change in the years when the playing companies were first securing a foothold in London were the companies themselves, with their determination to establish a grip on the financial resources that the thousands of London’s paying customers offered them daily. The significant agents of change were the great lords of the Privy Council who gave them patronage. Until the companies acceded to royal patronage in 1603, three or four leading patrons led the fight against the city authorities’ opposition to playing. One figure looms particularly large in the story of how they secured their London foothold: Charles Howard, Lord Effingham, later Lord Admiral and later still the earl of Nottingham. Before looking at his actions in these years, though, it is appropriate to consider the first of the official controllers of companies, a man who was Howard’s kin and whom Howard patronized, Edmund Tilney. This chapter looks at the official controllers’ policies regarding playing companies, the plays performed by the companies, and the playhouses where they performed.
Sian Elias
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199566181
- eISBN:
- 9780191705458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566181.003.0017
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter deals with how the New Zealand legal system has benefited from Lord Bingham's judicial leadership. He has influenced the New Zealand legal system directly through his work in the Privy ...
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This chapter deals with how the New Zealand legal system has benefited from Lord Bingham's judicial leadership. He has influenced the New Zealand legal system directly through his work in the Privy Council, and by being an inspiration as a judge. The chapter discusses why Lord Bingham's judgements has been of such influence, reasons mentioned are his beautiful writing, the care he takes to ground the rule or principle of law he is applying in its legal context, the pains he takes over constitutional exposition, his willingness to look to foreign cases, to acknowledge the legal policies that underlie judicial choice, and to express the moral values of the law.Less
This chapter deals with how the New Zealand legal system has benefited from Lord Bingham's judicial leadership. He has influenced the New Zealand legal system directly through his work in the Privy Council, and by being an inspiration as a judge. The chapter discusses why Lord Bingham's judgements has been of such influence, reasons mentioned are his beautiful writing, the care he takes to ground the rule or principle of law he is applying in its legal context, the pains he takes over constitutional exposition, his willingness to look to foreign cases, to acknowledge the legal policies that underlie judicial choice, and to express the moral values of the law.
David Cressy
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199564804
- eISBN:
- 9780191701917
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199564804.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter examines a wider range of seditious talk from the accession of Charles I to the outbreak of the civil war. Between 1625 and 1642, the Privy Council heard repeated reports of subjects who ...
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This chapter examines a wider range of seditious talk from the accession of Charles I to the outbreak of the civil war. Between 1625 and 1642, the Privy Council heard repeated reports of subjects who disparaged their monarch, who impugned his character, or who even compassed his death. The national conversation could be crude and irreverent, with scant regard for proprieties of discourse. The discussion shows that the domain of political discourse in early Stuart England to have been wider, and sometimes nastier, than historians have often imagined. It shows the cherished arcana imperii, to have been constantly eroding at the edges. A running motif across his reign was that King Charles was deficient — a boy, a child, not fit to govern. By the time his kingdom plunged into civil war, King Charles had endured a barrage of seditious despite.Less
This chapter examines a wider range of seditious talk from the accession of Charles I to the outbreak of the civil war. Between 1625 and 1642, the Privy Council heard repeated reports of subjects who disparaged their monarch, who impugned his character, or who even compassed his death. The national conversation could be crude and irreverent, with scant regard for proprieties of discourse. The discussion shows that the domain of political discourse in early Stuart England to have been wider, and sometimes nastier, than historians have often imagined. It shows the cherished arcana imperii, to have been constantly eroding at the edges. A running motif across his reign was that King Charles was deficient — a boy, a child, not fit to govern. By the time his kingdom plunged into civil war, King Charles had endured a barrage of seditious despite.
Andrew Le Sueur (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199264629
- eISBN:
- 9780191698965
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264629.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal Profession and Ethics
In the context of the far-reaching reforms proposed for the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, this book considers the operation and reform of ...
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In the context of the far-reaching reforms proposed for the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, this book considers the operation and reform of courts at the apex of the UK's legal systems. The chapters are linked by broad and overlapping themes. The first of these is the complexity of accommodating national differences within the UK into the institutional design of the new supreme court. It will be not only a court for the UK's three legal systems, and simultaneously a national institution of the whole UK, but it is also likely to be called upon to resolve division of powers disputes within the emerging system of multi-level government. A second theme is the scope for comparative lesson-learning from top courts in other legal systems: the Supreme Court of Canada, the US federal courts system, and the constitutional courts in Germany and Spain are considered. Thirdly, the connections between the UK's top-level court and other courts, especially intermediate courts of appeal, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights are examined.Less
In the context of the far-reaching reforms proposed for the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, this book considers the operation and reform of courts at the apex of the UK's legal systems. The chapters are linked by broad and overlapping themes. The first of these is the complexity of accommodating national differences within the UK into the institutional design of the new supreme court. It will be not only a court for the UK's three legal systems, and simultaneously a national institution of the whole UK, but it is also likely to be called upon to resolve division of powers disputes within the emerging system of multi-level government. A second theme is the scope for comparative lesson-learning from top courts in other legal systems: the Supreme Court of Canada, the US federal courts system, and the constitutional courts in Germany and Spain are considered. Thirdly, the connections between the UK's top-level court and other courts, especially intermediate courts of appeal, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights are examined.
Robert Stevens
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198262633
- eISBN:
- 9780191682377
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198262633.003.0009
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
The English tradition of substantive formalism, for most of the twentieth century, had a pervasive influence, not only on English legal culture but the legal cultures of Commonwealth and Empire. ...
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The English tradition of substantive formalism, for most of the twentieth century, had a pervasive influence, not only on English legal culture but the legal cultures of Commonwealth and Empire. Staffing of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council embodied, on the one hand, a rigidly formalistic view of the declaratory theory of law yet, on the other, the vague approach to separation of powers and judicial independence encountered elsewhere. If the legal systems of some Commonwealth countries still sometimes seem the prisoners of the earlier decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, it is perhaps appropriate to ask how that latter court was staffed as life ebbed out of it in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.Less
The English tradition of substantive formalism, for most of the twentieth century, had a pervasive influence, not only on English legal culture but the legal cultures of Commonwealth and Empire. Staffing of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council embodied, on the one hand, a rigidly formalistic view of the declaratory theory of law yet, on the other, the vague approach to separation of powers and judicial independence encountered elsewhere. If the legal systems of some Commonwealth countries still sometimes seem the prisoners of the earlier decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, it is perhaps appropriate to ask how that latter court was staffed as life ebbed out of it in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
Alexandra Gajda
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199699681
- eISBN:
- 9780191739057
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199699681.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
Chapter 4 examines Essex’s attitudes to the structure of the Elizabethan polity, in particular in relation to the decline of his career, before and after his fall from grace in October 1599, after ...
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Chapter 4 examines Essex’s attitudes to the structure of the Elizabethan polity, in particular in relation to the decline of his career, before and after his fall from grace in October 1599, after the earl’s failed attempt to suppress the rebellion in Ireland of Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone. The origins of Essex and his followers’ conceptualization of his political rivals as evil counsellors are assessed, as are their increasing tendency to define Elizabeth’s government as a form of weak tyranny, as the earl became alienated from Privy Council, court, and queen. The chapter also analyses the origins of Essex’s powerful identification of his own virtue and welfare with the health of the Elizabethan polity, and his engagement with renaissance debates about the nature and constitutional role of the nobility. Finally, Essex’s opaque attempts to energize the Elizabethan ‘public sphere’ are reconsidered from the surviving, often ambiguous, textual evidence.Less
Chapter 4 examines Essex’s attitudes to the structure of the Elizabethan polity, in particular in relation to the decline of his career, before and after his fall from grace in October 1599, after the earl’s failed attempt to suppress the rebellion in Ireland of Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone. The origins of Essex and his followers’ conceptualization of his political rivals as evil counsellors are assessed, as are their increasing tendency to define Elizabeth’s government as a form of weak tyranny, as the earl became alienated from Privy Council, court, and queen. The chapter also analyses the origins of Essex’s powerful identification of his own virtue and welfare with the health of the Elizabethan polity, and his engagement with renaissance debates about the nature and constitutional role of the nobility. Finally, Essex’s opaque attempts to energize the Elizabethan ‘public sphere’ are reconsidered from the surviving, often ambiguous, textual evidence.
Andrew Gurr
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198129776
- eISBN:
- 9780191671852
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198129776.003.0012
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Drama
There is no tangible evidence about what prompted the queen, or her agent, the Privy Council’s secretary Francis Walsingham, to set up the ...
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There is no tangible evidence about what prompted the queen, or her agent, the Privy Council’s secretary Francis Walsingham, to set up the Queen’s Men, a new and monopolistic playing company with her patronage, on March 10, 1583. One possible reason must have been the weight of the city’s hostility to playing, and the need for the court to give some protection to the leading players, or at least enough to permit them to play in London and so fulfil their duties in the Christmas revels. The negotiations that the new Lord Chamberlain took in hand with the Lord Mayor in 1584 over accommodation for the Queen’s company in London indicate that this last motive was at least as strong as the others. The claim that support for the leading playing companies was necessary in order to ensure the annual supply of plays to the court now became the Privy Council’s standard argument in defence of playing. This chapter looks at the history of the Queen’s Men, their performances from 1583 to 1603, the plays they performed, the playhouses where they performed, their playing sharers, and their travelling records.Less
There is no tangible evidence about what prompted the queen, or her agent, the Privy Council’s secretary Francis Walsingham, to set up the Queen’s Men, a new and monopolistic playing company with her patronage, on March 10, 1583. One possible reason must have been the weight of the city’s hostility to playing, and the need for the court to give some protection to the leading players, or at least enough to permit them to play in London and so fulfil their duties in the Christmas revels. The negotiations that the new Lord Chamberlain took in hand with the Lord Mayor in 1584 over accommodation for the Queen’s company in London indicate that this last motive was at least as strong as the others. The claim that support for the leading playing companies was necessary in order to ensure the annual supply of plays to the court now became the Privy Council’s standard argument in defence of playing. This chapter looks at the history of the Queen’s Men, their performances from 1583 to 1603, the plays they performed, the playhouses where they performed, their playing sharers, and their travelling records.
Julian Goodare
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207627
- eISBN:
- 9780191677748
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207627.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Social History
This chapter deals with religion, while examining the conflict between the church and the state. At parish level, the people had to be instructed in their religious duties. The direct requirements ...
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This chapter deals with religion, while examining the conflict between the church and the state. At parish level, the people had to be instructed in their religious duties. The direct requirements for this were preaching and catechizing: preaching to expound the word of God, catechizing to inculcate it into the memory of individuals. As well as providing these services to the community, the church was also a disciplinary institution. Discipline could itself create community, as the godly folk of the parish strengthened their identification with the church through the visible contrast that it drew between them and the ungodly. From the mid-seventeenth century onwards, the terms of the debate between church and state underwent a further shift. Religious radicals still invoked versions of the two-kingdoms theory, but they were never more than small and outspoken minorities. The debate looks at how much religious pluralism the state should tolerate.Less
This chapter deals with religion, while examining the conflict between the church and the state. At parish level, the people had to be instructed in their religious duties. The direct requirements for this were preaching and catechizing: preaching to expound the word of God, catechizing to inculcate it into the memory of individuals. As well as providing these services to the community, the church was also a disciplinary institution. Discipline could itself create community, as the godly folk of the parish strengthened their identification with the church through the visible contrast that it drew between them and the ungodly. From the mid-seventeenth century onwards, the terms of the debate between church and state underwent a further shift. Religious radicals still invoked versions of the two-kingdoms theory, but they were never more than small and outspoken minorities. The debate looks at how much religious pluralism the state should tolerate.
Jacqueline Hill
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206354
- eISBN:
- 9780191677083
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206354.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
Like many towns all over Europe, Dublin's origins as a corporate entity go back to medieval times. From the citizens' point of view, incorporation was desirable because it guaranteed a degree of ...
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Like many towns all over Europe, Dublin's origins as a corporate entity go back to medieval times. From the citizens' point of view, incorporation was desirable because it guaranteed a degree of self-government. For the monarchy, corporations were a means of urban control, and served to channel taxes towards the royal exchequer. For the Dublin civic Patriots of the mid-eighteenth century, the restoration period held special significance. In 1672, the Irish privy council formally obtained certain rights concerning the affairs of urban corporations. Both the Protestant and English gentry expressed concern about urban corporations. This chapter discusses the origins of Dublin corporation, the restoration and Jacobite eras, the significance of the Williamite revolution to corporation, and vindication of corporate rights in 1690–1714.Less
Like many towns all over Europe, Dublin's origins as a corporate entity go back to medieval times. From the citizens' point of view, incorporation was desirable because it guaranteed a degree of self-government. For the monarchy, corporations were a means of urban control, and served to channel taxes towards the royal exchequer. For the Dublin civic Patriots of the mid-eighteenth century, the restoration period held special significance. In 1672, the Irish privy council formally obtained certain rights concerning the affairs of urban corporations. Both the Protestant and English gentry expressed concern about urban corporations. This chapter discusses the origins of Dublin corporation, the restoration and Jacobite eras, the significance of the Williamite revolution to corporation, and vindication of corporate rights in 1690–1714.