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Identifier
KD 654 .I45 1648
Creation Date
1648
Description
An Experimental Essay Touching the Reformation of the Lawes of England. London: Printed by Matthew Simmons, 1648.
In only six printed pages, this essay from the second part of the English Civil War proposes substantial reforms to the common law of the seventeenth century. The author argues for a survey of the laws of other nations in order to identify the best laws and the strongest foundation for a legal system. Once compared, English common law "might easily be mended" and "[t]he maine of these things may be settled in quarter of a yeare, without any great trouble to any Body."
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