Oxford Days; or, How Ross Got His Degree

by F. E. Weatherly

The prerogatives of the Crown, the privileges of the Houses of Parliament.

The constitutional position of the Privy Council, the Ministers of the Crown, the Established Church, the Courts of Law, and the Armed Forces.

Reference to Blackstone or Stephens’ “Commentaries,” Stubbs’ “Documents Illustrative of English History,” Hallam’s “Constitutional History,” and Sir T. E. May’s “Constitutional History.”

The following statutes must be carefully read: Constitutions of Clarendon. Magna Charta, Stat. Westminster II. 13 Ed. 1, Stat. 1, c. 24. Petition of Right. Habeas Corpus Act, 31 Car. II. c. 2. Bill of Rights, 1 W. and M. Sess. 2, 2. Act of Settlement, 12 and 13 Will. III. c. 2.

(b) History of the Law of Real Property.

Reference to Blackstone or Stephens’ “Commentaries,” Digby’s “Introduction to the History of Real Property.” Principal statutes referred to in the latter must be mastered, and reference may with advantage be made to Williams’ “Treatise on the Law of Real Property.”

(3) Roman Law.

The Institutes of Gaius.

The Institutes of Justinian.