Oxford Days; or, How Ross Got His DegreeWeatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward)
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Oxford Days; or, How Ross Got His Degree
Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward)
University of Oxford
The prerogatives of the Crown, the privileges
of the Houses of Parliament.
The constitutional position of the Privy
Council, the Ministers of the Crown, the
Established Church, the Courts of Law, and the
Armed Forces.
Reference to Blackstone or Stephens’
“Commentaries,” Stubbs’ “Documents Illustrative
of English History,” Hallam’s “Constitutional
History,” and Sir T. E. May’s “Constitutional
History.”
The following statutes must be carefully read:
Constitutions of Clarendon. Magna Charta, Stat.
Westminster II. 13 Ed. 1, Stat. 1, c. 24.
Petition of Right. Habeas Corpus Act, 31 Car.
II. c. 2. Bill of Rights, 1 W. and M. Sess. 2,
2. Act of Settlement, 12 and 13 Will. III. c. 2.
(_b_) History of the Law of Real Property.
Reference to Blackstone or Stephens’
“Commentaries,” Digby’s “Introduction to the
History of Real Property.” Principal statutes
referred to in the latter must be mastered,
and reference may with advantage be made
to Williams’ “Treatise on the Law of Real
Property.”
(3) Roman Law.
The Institutes of Gaius.
The Institutes of Justinian.
(4) English Law.
The principles of the Law of Contracts.
(5) International Law.
(_a_) The outlines of International Law as a
system.
(_b_) The history of the law relating to seas,
ships, and navigable rivers in time of peace.
Reference to Woolsey’s “Introduction,” and
Heffter’s “Europäisches Völkerrecht,” Wheaton’s
“Elements,” or “Law of Nations,” by Sir Travers
Twiss. On subject (_b_) Ortolan’s “Diplomatie de la
Mer,” livre deuxième.
6. MODERN HISTORY.
(1) The continuous History of England.
(2) General History during some selected period.
(3) A special portion of History or a special
Historical subject, carefully studied with reference to
original authorities.
(4) Political Economy, Constitutional Law, and
Political and Descriptive Geography.
(5) A subject or period of Literature (optional).
7. THEOLOGY.
(1) The Holy Scriptures (the New Testament in the
Greek).
(2) Dogmatic and Symbolic Theology.
(3) Ecclesiastical History and the Fathers.
(4) The Evidences of Religion.
(5) Liturgies.
(6) Sacred Criticism and the Archæology of the Old and
New Testaments.
Knowledge of Hebrew has great weight in the distribution of
Honours.
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