Entick v Carrington
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Entick v Carrington

250 Years of the Rule of Law

Adam Tomkins, Paul F Scott, Adam Tomkins, Paul Scott

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Entick v Carrington

250 Years of the Rule of Law

Adam Tomkins, Paul F Scott, Adam Tomkins, Paul Scott

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Entick v Carrington is one of the canons of English public law and in 2015 it is 250 years old. In 1762 the Earl of Halifax, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, despatched Nathan Carrington and three other of the King's messengers to John Entick's house in Stepney. They broke into his house, seizing his papers and causing significant damage. Why? Because he was said to have written seditious papers published in the Monitor. Entick sued Carrington and the other messengers for trespass. The defendants argued that the Earl of Halifax had given them legal authority to act as they had. Lord Camden ruled firmly in Entick's favour, holding that the warrant of a Secretary of State could not render lawful actions such as these which were otherwise unlawful. The case is a canonical statement of the common law's commitment to the constitutional principle of the rule of law. In this collection, leading public lawyers reflect on the history of the case, the enduring importance of the legal principles for which it stands, and the broader implications of Entick v Carrington 250 years on. Winner of the American Society for Legal History Sutherland Prize 2016.

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Publisher
Hart Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
9781509901937
Edition
1
Topic
Jura
Subtopic
Öffentliches Recht

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The Politics and People of Entick v Carrington
  9. 2. Revisiting Entick v Carrington: Seditious Libel and State Security Laws in Eighteenth-Century England
  10. 3. Entick and Carrington, the Propaganda Wars and Liberty of the Press
  11. 4. Was Entick v Carrington a Landmark?
  12. 5. Entick v Carrington and the Legal Protection of Property
  13. 6. The Authority of Entick v Carrington
  14. 7. Law, Liberty and Entick v Carrington
  15. 8. Entick v Carrington in Scots Law
  16. Appendix: Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 State Trials 1029
  17. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Tomkins, A., & Scott, P. (2015). Entick v Carrington (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/808870/entick-v-carrington-250-years-of-the-rule-of-law-pdf (Original work published 2015)

Chicago Citation

Tomkins, Adam, and Paul Scott. (2015) 2015. Entick v Carrington. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/808870/entick-v-carrington-250-years-of-the-rule-of-law-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Tomkins, A. and Scott, P. (2015) Entick v Carrington. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/808870/entick-v-carrington-250-years-of-the-rule-of-law-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Tomkins, Adam, and Paul Scott. Entick v Carrington. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.