Williams, IS;
(2018)
Changes to Common Law Printing in the 1630s: Unlawful, Unreliable, Dishonest?
Journal of Legal History
, 39
(3)
pp. 225-252.
10.1080/01440365.2018.1532593.
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Abstract
Law printing changed dramatically in the reign of Charles I. This article shows that the legally imposed monopoly on printing books of the common law (the law patent) was breached regularly and seemingly with impunity. Piracy, false attributions of authorship and concerns about quality all appear from the late-1620s onwards. By identifying these developments, the article raises questions about the reliability of the printed texts of the early-modern common law. The article also explains these changes by stressing changes related to the holder of the patent and those printing under it.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Changes to Common Law Printing in the 1630s: Unlawful, Unreliable, Dishonest? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01440365.2018.1532593 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2018.1532593 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Print culture, printing, law books, history of the book |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10046302 |
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