Williams, I;
(2021)
James VI and I, Rex et Iudex: One King as Judge in Two Kingdoms.
In: Eves, W and Hudson, J and Ivarsen, I and White, S, (eds.)
Common law, civil law, and colonial law: essays in comparative legal history from the 12th to the 20th centuries.
(pp. 86-119).
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
James VI and I was the first king personally to act as a judge in both Scotland and England. He was also the last king to sit as a judge in either country. Although James did not sit as a judge frequently, he did so on several occasions. James’s ideas about the king as a judge were disseminated in his speeches and printed works. This material has not been used by historians, despite the importance contemporaries attached to some of James’s appearances as a judge. This paper investigates James’s judicial role. It compares both James’s judicial activity in his two realms and James’s ideas of the king as judge to his practice of judging, as well as the importance James placed on his judicial role for the governance of his kingdoms.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | James VI and I, Rex et Iudex: One King as Judge in Two Kingdoms |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108955195.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955195.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | An online version of this work is published at doi.org/10.1017/9781108955195 under a Creative Commons Open Access license CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 which permits re-use, distribution and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes providing appropriate credit to the original work is given. You may not distribute derivative works without permission. To view a copy of this license, visit https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Keywords: | Legal history, James VI and I, James I, James VI, Royal justice, Stuart government |
| 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/10113564 |
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