John Hudson: Genius or juristic accident? Policy, legal change and the early Common Law
7 February 17:00
2023 Carlyle Lectures: Custom, Common Law, and Civil Law
2023 Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought
John Hudson, Professor of Legal History, University of St. Andrews
5pm Tuesday 7 February
Location: Examination Schools
This lecture considers how far legal change was a matter of policy, how far it was the unintended outcome of limited innovations. It raises issues concerning competition between different models of lordship and landholding and revisits the notion of an 'anti-feudal' policy. It thereby reflects upon the arguments of Maitland and of S.F.C. Milsom.
All are welcome.
See lecture on History Faculty Website.
