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<h1>The Reading of M. Robert Brook (1641)</h1>

<p>Brooke, Robert. <em>The Reading of M. Robert Brook, Serjeant of the Law, and Recorder of London, Upon the Stat. of Magna Charta, Chap. 16</em>. London: Printed by M. Flesher and R. Young, 1641.</p>

<p>Following a long–standing tradition of delivering lectures on statutes, "reading," at the Inns of Court, <strong>Robert Brooke</strong> (d. 1558) presented this reading on Chapter 17 of the Magna Carta in 1551 (the title page erroneously lists Chap. 16). He broadly discussed criminal law, but the printed version provides little of the analysis or historical background one might expect from a chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas. The lack of depth in Brooke's discussion may stem from the 80 year gap between lecture and publication.</p>

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<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/context/british-colonial-antecedents/article/1028/type/native/viewcontent">Title page, Reading of M. Robert Brook</a></p>