Mirror of Justices
unknown medieval author
cited 10 times by 2 works in the library · not held
also in the atlas: Mirror of Justices the object
The library does not hold this work. Two of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
2 refuted 1 endorsed
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10 citations · from 2 works-
An Essay on the Trial by Jury Lysander Spooner 1 endorsed 7 citations · 19 passages
ch. 5 · ch. 7 4 passages anchored here · ch. 8 3 passages anchored here · ch. 9 2 passages anchored here · ch. 15 6 passages anchored here · ch. 16 2 passages anchored here · ch. 23Explicitly named as a source Coke relies upon, itself treated as an authority.
) And in support of this idea he quotes from a very ancient law book, called the Mirror of Justices, written in the time of Edward I.
ch. 5 ¶ -
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John William Sharp McKechnie 2 refuted 3 citations · 4 passages
Cited directly as a legal-historical text that adopted one of the interpretations discussed.
This interpretation, which was adopted by the author of the Mirror of Justices, and by the writer of the notes appended to the Year Book already cited, found favour with Chief Justice Holt in 1700.
ii.: modern interpretations. ¶
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