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Article: Public Law.(Book review)
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- Constitutional Commentary
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- December 22, 2004
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PUBLIC LAW. By Adam Tomkins. (1) Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003. Pp. xx, 231. $24.95.
American constitutional lawyers have always been curious about British public law. Blackstone, of course, was the most widely-read legal work in the early republic. More recently, the United States Supreme Court has construed Congress's power to control its membership in light of the 18th century British controversy over John Wilkes's election to Parliament; (3) the power of juries to hear patent claims by reference to the 18th century practice of the courts at Westminster; (4) and the proper treatment of citizens accused of levying war against their country with regard to ...