The Constitutional Experiments of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Years 1649-1660Jenks, Edward. The Constitutional Experiments of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Years 1649-1660. Cambridge: The University Press, 1890. iv, 154 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-067823. ISBN 1-58477-141-0. Cloth. $80. * A detailed account of the various changes in governmental administration between the death of Charles I and the Restoration. A member of the Middle Temple, a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne, Jenks argues that the Commonwealth era was not an aberration, but an important and natural step in the development of English political ideas. |
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