Youard Lecture in Legal History 2015, Oxford, 10 March

10th February 2015

Oxford University Faculty of Law

Youard Lecture in Legal History 2015
“When Lawyers Lie: Forging an English Constitution in 1399” 

Professor David Seipp, Boston University School of Law
Tuesday 10 March 2015 at 17:30
Cube Lecture Theatre – St Cross Building, Manor Road Oxford OX1 3UQ

The first Year Book case of the reign of Henry IV was a lie. It was the trial of an earl for treason before the steward and the lords, but the trial in question never occurred and the earl in question was beheaded in a castle courtyard without benefit of legal proceedings.  Full details  in the attached file https://gallery.mailchimp.com/47624183ad52dd8428c97d3f6/files/Oxford_University_Faculty_of_Law.docx
All Welcome. 
Presented by the Oxford Legal History Forum and the Oxford Faculty of Law.
For more information please contact: joshua.getzler@law.ox.ac.uk