Intriguing History

Law and History is a theme that helps to tell the story about what society holds important. An historical context helps to shed light on what we hold to be most important to society.

Law Courts in London

Laws impact across all our themes and they can be useful benchmarks of social change and reform. As we traverse our themes, periods and centuries we discover some connections to the laws of the land. Our timeline table allows you to access more detailed content. The collection will be gradually catalogued and linked new articles and research, as we progress. In Britain the laws are founded upon hundreds of years of Common Law. Our Laws in themselves, tells a rich story of British history and of life as we live it today in Britain. In this the 800th year (2015) since Magna Carta, which was sealed in 1215 by King John, the world is examining the place of British law as it is interpreted globally. We should be tankful for the rich collection of legal online resources, which we can use to encourage debate. Treaties, statutes, system of law and core concepts, all can be discussed here.

And what of the role of lawyers themselves, how have they been viewed throughout history, some such as Thomas Cromwell, had the ear of the most influential people in the land.

"Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical, it is not a law at all."

Robespierre