Hallam
historical figure · 3 works · 12 mentions · 22 anchored passages
Henry Hallam · Mr. Hallam
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Historian who commented on Henry's Charter of 1225 and argued that Magna Carta chapter 17 entirely removed the sheriff's criminal jurisdiction.
Commenting on Henry’s Charter of 1225, he declares that the “criminal jurisdiction of the Sheriff is entirely taken away by Magna Carta, c.
Hallam considers that “the rights, or feudal incidents, of wardship and marriage were nearly peculiar to England and Normandy,” and that the French kings never “turned this attribute of sovereignty into a means of revenue.
Hallam explains how the King’s rights of pre–emption were extended, by analogy, to his subjects’ labour.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
Historian quoted on the limited judicial and royal authority of the Germanic peoples.
Hallam says:
Hallam says that among the Saxons, “the royal authority was weak.
“The Franks, Lombards, and Saxons seem alike to have been jealous of judicial authority;
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum)
Scholar cited for analysis of Grotius's views on the law of nations.
for an analysis of Grotius’ views on the law of nations, see Hallam’s Introduction to the Literature of Europe (4th edition), Vol.