Written by William Sharp McKechnie
Magna Carta - A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
by William Sharp McKechnieNo Commentary upon Magna Carta has hitherto been written from the standpoint of modern research. No serious attempt has yet been made to supersede, or even adequately to supplement, the works of Coke and Richard Thomson, published respectively in 1642 and 1829, and now hopelessly out of date. This lack of enterprise may be due in part to a natural ..