Newspaper cutting
The Times
Category
Ephemera
Date
16 Oct 1935
Materials
Newspaper
Measurements
164 x 197 x 2 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
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Summary
One of a series of newspaper cuttings - miscellaneous items of interest to the family. A newspaper cutting from THE TIMES WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16 1935 Page 15, A full page with possible items of interest including: TRIAL BY PEERS THE HISTORY OF A PRIVILEGE FROM MAGNA CARTA TO TODAY The Lord Chancellor has sent to all members of the House of Lords the letter printed on page 11, drawing their attention to the fact that a peer of the realm (Lord de Clifford) has been indicted of manslaughter, and must be tried by his peers. The following article summarizes the history of this now rarely exercised jurisdiction. Law is much older than legislation. Primitive man does not think of law as a thing that he or his rulers can make, but rather as part of the social atmosphere he breathes: it is bestowed upon by God, or it is part of the order of nature, or at least it has been bequeathed to him by his ancestors. Mortal man cannot alter it; and human councils can only answer the question, not what the law shall be, but what the law is. that is why the judicial powers of every ancient legislature, including the High Court of Parliament, are as important as the legislative. ................................
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Makers and roles
The Times, printer and publisher