Journal article
Changes to common law printing in the 1630s: unlawful, unreliable, dishonest?
- Abstract:
- Law printing changed dramatically in the reign of Charles I. This article shows that the legally imposed monopoly on printing books of the common law (the law patent) was breached regularly and seemingly with impunity. Piracy, false attributions of authorship and concerns about quality all appear from the late-1620s onwards. The article explains these changes by stressing a number of factors: changes related to the holder of the patent and those printing under it; difficulties and tensions in the enforcement of the patent; and unauthorized printing creating a more competitive (and therefore challenging) market for law printers.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 635.3KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/01440365.2018.1532593
Authors
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- Journal of Legal History More from this journal
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 225-252
- Publication date:
- 2018-11-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-02
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1744-0564
- ISSN:
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0144-0365
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2025269
- Local pid:
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pubs:2025269
- Deposit date:
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2024-09-06
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- Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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