The Strange Laws of Old England - Nigel Cawthorne
KORTE INHOUD
The perfect gift book for every anglophile. Here is a fascinating and entertaining collection of some of the most bizarre laws ever created. Some of them are still in force in England. It is still illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in London wearing a suit of armor...
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Bound, cloth with original dustjacket,266pp., 14x20.5cm., in very good condition. ISBN 9780749950361.
London Piatkus 2008
A fun and fascinating tour of the by-ways of British legal history. Did you know that the law requiring a London taxi driver to carry a bale of hay on top of his cab to feed the horse was in force until 1976? Or that Welshmen are not allowed in the city of Chester after dark? Nigel Cawthorne has unearthed an extraordinary (and sometimes hilarious) collection of the most bizarre and arcane...
London Piatkus 2008
A fun and fascinating tour of the by-ways of British legal history. Did you know that the law requiring a London taxi driver to carry a bale of hay on top of his cab to feed the horse was in force until 1976? Or that Welshmen are not allowed in the city of Chester after dark? Nigel Cawthorne has unearthed an extraordinary (and sometimes hilarious) collection of the most bizarre and arcane...
