Stuk 132/12 - Printed sheet, On the rights and privileges of the Universities [of Oxford and Cambridge] in relation to the law, and the royal charters granted to them, with reference to the interpretation of the legal standing of the universities in various sources

On Chief Justice Coke's view of the Act 13 Eliz.c.29 'in his fourth Institute', in relation to the universities' incorporation. Extract from '3 Bulstrode': on the universities' legal power derived from royal charters and an Act of Parliament. Extract from 'Godbolt' and 'Jenkins': on the universities' privilege, under a special Act of Parliament, of holding plea according to the course of the Civil Law. Extract from Sir Matthew Hale's History of the Common Law: on the granting of a 'liberal Charter' to the University of Oxford . On the reference to 'the Oxford Charter fo Hen. VIII' in Blackstone's 'Comment', and the claims that a similar Charter was granted to Cambridge 'in the 3d. of Elizabeth.' Stamped with 'University Press Cambridge 29 Apr 81'.