Contents

Author’s Preface ix

Introduction by Allen D. Boyer ι

1. Glanvill ιι

2. Magna Carta 23

3. Thomas Littleton 32

4. John Fortescue 46

5. Richard Hooker 61

6. James VI and I 79

7. Francis Bacon 98

8. Sir Edward Coke 114

9. MichaelDalton 136

10. William Hudson 152

11. John Selden 167

12. John Milton 177

13. The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts 195

14. Trial of Charles I 205

15. Matthew Hale 221

Notes 239 FurtherReading 261 Index 273