Record #738 (edit record; developers only)

Date: Oct 21, 1794

Event:

William Godwin's "Cursory Strictures on the Charge Delivered by Lord Justice Eyre" effectively argues that extending the law against treason to apply to reformers (formulating a legal precedent of "constructive treason") would usher in a Reign of Terror in Britain.

Work Title

Cursory Strictures on the Charge Delivered by Lord Justice Eyre 

Published: 1794

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Record Created or Last Modified By:

Shawn Mummert

Date Last Modified:

6/24/1999


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