Legal history
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“Void of all faith and honour?” The fall(s) and rise of Viscount Bolingbroke
In this latest blog post from the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles considers the instability of the early years of…
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Impeachment in the early seventeenth century
After an all-night debate, the Brazilian Senate voted today to begin impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Impeachment was once…
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The long-lived charter: Magna Carta’s 800 year legacy
800 years ago today, Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede. In the last of our series celebrating the anniversaries of…
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Lord Chancellors – learned in the law?
Our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, reflects on the Lord Chancellor’s legal experience… Michael Gove was sworn in as Lord Chancellor…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Alexander Lock, ‘Magna Carta: law, liberty and myth’
Our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar of term took place on 24 March. Dr Alexander Lock, one of the…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Philip Loft, ‘Litigation, agency and oligarchy: the transformation and role of the Lords as High Court, 1689-1720’
Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, reports back on our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’…