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Tuesday, 9 August 2022

The Act 17º Ric. II. cap. 11

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Casually consulting the Act 17 Ric. II. cap. 11, as you do... — Benjamin Lewis (@tc1415) August 8, 2022 Now, this could be the sort of thin...

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Monday, 20 December 2021

What is England and Wales?

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Or, more precisely, what exactly, in a legal sense, is this thing we call England and Wales [1]? This whole blog was prompted by the obser...

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Sunday, 17 October 2021

The Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom

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Conventional wisdom, Wikipedia, and just about every reference book, would have you believe that the Great Office of State known as the Lo...

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Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Concluding a Treaty - I. Instruments of Ratification or Denunciation

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States make agreements with each other every day. These range from the almost bafflingly mundane [1] to treaties which have reshaped the glo...

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Patents, Writs, and Lords who might not be Peers

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In a previous blog, I excoriated all of you (and you know who you are!) who persist in the erroneous belief that Barons are addressed as Lor...

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