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Sir John Fortescue: On the Laws and Governance of England »

Authors: Shelley Lockwood (Editor), Raymond Geuss
ISBN-13: 9780521434454, ISBN-10: 0521434459
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: March 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Two major works by the founder of English political thought made accessible to the student.

	Acknowledgements
	Editor's note on the texts
	Note on the translations
	Introduction
	Principal events in Fortescue's life
	Select bibliography
	List of abbreviations
	In Praise of the Laws of England	1
	The Governance of England	81
App. A	Extracts from On the Nature of the Law of Nature	127
App. B	Example of how good council helps and advantages and of what follows from the contrary	137
App. C	Articles to the Earl of Warwick 1470	139
	Index	145