John Phillip Reid is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York University. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire and is the author of numerous books on legal history.

A first-rate tour de force by a master.... A valedictory statement of a major theme in [Reid's] lifetime's work.- G. Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University [Reid] makes a fine case for his view that ancient legal constitutional concepts were among the most important causes of the American Revolution.- Stephen Presser, Northwestern University School of Law Reid clearly presents thoughtful and penetrating studies that will be of great service to anyone interested in understanding the legal roots of Anglo-American liberty.(The American Journal of Legal History)

• Table of ContentsIntroductory Note1 Forensic HistoryThe Legal Perspective2 The Advocacy of LawyersUses of the Ancient Constitution3 The Authority of the PastThe Theory of the Past4 The Advocacy of the PastWaging Forensic History5 Forensic Techniques of Ancient ConstitutionalismForensic Techniques of Timeless Constitutionalism6 The Forensic History of Gothicism and Saxonism7 The Forensic History of the Norman ConquestThe Eighteenth-Century ConquestThe Evidence of ConquestThe Unrevolutionary Revolution8 The Forensic History of ReformForensic History of Magna CartaForensic History of the New Jurisprudence9 The Forensic History of Liberty NotesShort TitlesAcknowledgmentsIndex

John Phillip Reid is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York University. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire and is the author of numerous books on legal history.

A first-rate tour de force by a master.... A valedictory statement of a major theme in [Reid's] lifetime's work.- G. Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University [Reid] makes a fine case for his view that ancient legal constitutional concepts were among the most important causes of the American Revolution.- Stephen Presser, Northwestern University School of Law Reid clearly presents thoughtful and penetrating studies that will be of great service to anyone interested in understanding the legal roots of Anglo-American liberty.(The American Journal of Legal History)

• Table of ContentsIntroductory Note1 Forensic HistoryThe Legal Perspective2 The Advocacy of LawyersUses of the Ancient Constitution3 The Authority of the PastThe Theory of the Past4 The Advocacy of the PastWaging Forensic History5 Forensic Techniques of Ancient ConstitutionalismForensic Techniques of Timeless Constitutionalism6 The Forensic History of Gothicism and Saxonism7 The Forensic History of the Norman ConquestThe Eighteenth-Century ConquestThe Evidence of ConquestThe Unrevolutionary Revolution8 The Forensic History of ReformForensic History of Magna CartaForensic History of the New Jurisprudence9 The Forensic History of Liberty NotesShort TitlesAcknowledgmentsIndex

John Phillip Reid is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York University. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire and is the author of numerous books on legal history.

A first-rate tour de force by a master.... A valedictory statement of a major theme in [Reid's] lifetime's work.- G. Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University [Reid] makes a fine case for his view that ancient legal constitutional concepts were among the most important causes of the American Revolution.- Stephen Presser, Northwestern University School of Law Reid clearly presents thoughtful and penetrating studies that will be of great service to anyone interested in understanding the legal roots of Anglo-American liberty.(The American Journal of Legal History)

• Table of ContentsIntroductory Note1 Forensic HistoryThe Legal Perspective2 The Advocacy of LawyersUses of the Ancient Constitution3 The Authority of the PastThe Theory of the Past4 The Advocacy of the PastWaging Forensic History5 Forensic Techniques of Ancient ConstitutionalismForensic Techniques of Timeless Constitutionalism6 The Forensic History of Gothicism and Saxonism7 The Forensic History of the Norman ConquestThe Eighteenth-Century ConquestThe Evidence of ConquestThe Unrevolutionary Revolution8 The Forensic History of ReformForensic History of Magna CartaForensic History of the New Jurisprudence9 The Forensic History of Liberty NotesShort TitlesAcknowledgmentsIndex