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Protections Against Arrest and the English Law of Right
A historical discussion cites prerogative protections against arrest as void per various cases such as Hitchcok and Merbal. It explains justice and right as the end and means of law, defining right as law and distinguishing common law from broader discretion. The piece quotes Chief Justice Cote on justice, law, and the birth-right of the subsea under the English legal tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Vintner
London
Eliz. m Hitchcok
John de Merbal
England
Curia
Cote