Margaret Helen Kerr
Biographic Data
| ID | 5407064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Helen Kerr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerr |
| SIGNATURE | KERR M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Angevin Reform of the Appeal of Felony
When Henry II (1154–1189) ascended the English throne, centralization of administration became a key theme of his government and judicial reform a key theme of centralization. Throughout his reign, Henry enlarged royal jurisdiction over pleas of land by providing, by means of royal writs, jury trial before the king's justices as an alternative to judgment in the seignorial courts. The assize of novel disseisin (1155 x 1166) led the way for the as…
Constructive Homicide Under Construction
The idea that homicide can be culpable even when the killer did not intend to kill has ancient foundations in English common law. Although subjective intention has generally been required since the beginning of the 13th century to sustain a criminal conviction in homicide, such intention has been "constructed", "transferred", or "implied" in cases where the killing was preceded by the killer's unlawful act. The various forms of the doctrine of co…
Cold Water and Hot Iron
Cold Water and Hot Iron: Trial by Ordeal in England The ordeals of cold water and hot iron as the ordinary methods of trial of crown pleas of felony in medieval England had only a brief existence. Although trial by ordeal is mentioned, for example, in a number of Anglo-Saxon law codes and in the Leges Henrici Primi (c. 118), its consistent and mandatory use in the criminal justice system appears to date from II66 and the Assize of Clarendon, acco…
The Dismissal of Chris Brennan from the University of Sydney
Kerr recounts the circumstances leading to Christopher Brennan's dismissal from the University of Sydney in 1925
The British parliament and transportation in the eighteen‐fifties
Cold Water and Hot Iron
Cold Water and Hot Iron: Trial by Ordeal in England The ordeals of cold water and hot iron as the ordinary methods of trial of crown pleas of felony in medieval England had only a brief existence. Although trial by ordeal is mentioned, for example, in a number of Anglo-Saxon law codes and in the Leges Henrici Primi (c. 118), its consistent and mandatory use in the criminal justice system appears to date from II66 and the Assize of Clarendon, acco…
The Dismissal of Chris Brennan from the University of Sydney
Kerr recounts the circumstances leading to Christopher Brennan's dismissal from the University of Sydney in 1925
The British parliament and transportation in the eighteen‐fifties
The Dismissal of Chris Brennan from the University of Sydney
Kerr recounts the circumstances leading to Christopher Brennan's dismissal from the University of Sydney in 1925
Cold Water and Hot Iron
Cold Water and Hot Iron: Trial by Ordeal in England The ordeals of cold water and hot iron as the ordinary methods of trial of crown pleas of felony in medieval England had only a brief existence. Although trial by ordeal is mentioned, for example, in a number of Anglo-Saxon law codes and in the Leges Henrici Primi (c. 118), its consistent and mandatory use in the criminal justice system appears to date from II66 and the Assize of Clarendon, acco…
Constructive Homicide Under Construction
The idea that homicide can be culpable even when the killer did not intend to kill has ancient foundations in English common law. Although subjective intention has generally been required since the beginning of the 13th century to sustain a criminal conviction in homicide, such intention has been "constructed", "transferred", or "implied" in cases where the killing was preceded by the killer's unlawful act. The various forms of the doctrine of co…
Angevin Reform of the Appeal of Felony
When Henry II (1154–1189) ascended the English throne, centralization of administration became a key theme of his government and judicial reform a key theme of centralization. Throughout his reign, Henry enlarged royal jurisdiction over pleas of land by providing, by means of royal writs, jury trial before the king's justices as an alternative to judgment in the seignorial courts. The assize of novel disseisin (1155 x 1166) led the way for the as…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medieval and Early Modern Justice (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Administration (probate law (1 work)