The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning...
Coke, Sir Edward. The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; Concerning High Treason, and Other Pleas of the Crown and Criminal Causes. Originally published: London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, 1817. Octavo. [xii], 244, [21] pp. Paging irregular; star-paged to 1681 folio edition. Facsimile reprint, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2012. ISBN 9781584772019. Octavo. Hardcover. New. $75. * Facsimile of the final and most authoritative edition, incorporating the annotations of Francis Hargrave and Charles Butler, with corrections to the text of the 1681 folio. Coke's Third Institute-his principal treatment of criminal law-offers a comprehensive survey of high treason and the wider body of pleas of the Crown, concluding with a discussion of pardons and restitution and the constitutional limits of royal prerogative in criminal matters. Long esteemed for its learning and authority, it remains a cornerstone in the literature of English criminal law. "Coke's Third Institutes gives us a Treatise of great learning. Having run over all criminal matters. he concludes with the nature of pardons and restitutions." - John Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847), 208.
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