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Ancient Constitution

The Ancient Constitution is a historiographical construct representing the belief in an unbroken continuity of English common law and liberties from antiquity, distinguished by its invocation of immemorial custom to assert constitutional limits on royal authority.

121

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9.6K

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134

Authors

44

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2017–2026

6

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Publications

121

Strange multiplicity: constitutionalism in an age of diversity

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 1.2K citations

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Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and Its Relation to Modern Ideas

Henry Sumner Maine · The American Law Register (1852-1891) · 1861 · 614 citations

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The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law

J. A. C. Grant, J. G. A. Pocock · The Western Political Quarterly · 1959 · 381 citations

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The Mental World of the Jacobean Court

Arthur J. Slavin, Linda Levy Peck · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 1993 · 370 citations

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Violence in Republican Rome

Walter O. Moeller, A. W. Lintott · The Classical World · 1969 · 268 citations

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Authors

134

  1. KV
    Kurt von Fritz

    Columbia University, United States

    5 publications · 384 citations

    5

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  2. JG
    J. G. A. Pocock

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    4 publications · 765 citations

    4

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  3. JH
    James H. Oliver

    University of Baltimore, United States

    3 publications · 324 citations

    3

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  4. JA
    Jakob A. O. Larsen

    2 publications · 96 citations

    2

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  5. JA
    J. A. C. Grant

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 456 citations

    2

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Institutions

44

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    371 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    103 citations

  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    122 citations

  4. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  5. Deutsches Historisches Institut London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  6. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  7. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. The Historical Journal

    9 publications · 481 citations

    9

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 7 publications · 736 citations

    7

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  4. The Classical Quarterly

    5 publications · 126 citations

    5

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 120 citations

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