Thomas McSweeney

William & Mary Law School

Professor

South Henry Street

P.O. Box 8795

Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

United States

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Magna Carta, Civil Law, and Canon Law

Magna Carta and the Rule of Law (Daniel Magraw et al eds., 2014), William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-305
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Dec 2014
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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Legal history; canon law; Roman law

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Property Before Property: Romanizing the English Law of Land

Buffalo Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2012
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Sep 2013
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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legal history, Roman law, comparative law, property law

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English Judges and Roman Jurists: The Civilian Learning Behind England's First Case Law

Temple Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 4, Summer 2012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Sep 2013
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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legal history, Roman law, comparative law

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The King's Courts and the King's Soul: Pardoning as Almsgiving in Medieval England

40 Reading Medieval Studies 159 (Special Issue: Law's Dominion: Medieval Studies for Paul Hyams), 2014, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-304
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Dec 2014
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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legal history; pardons; criminal law

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Fiction in the Code

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2018
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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legal history, medieval law, law and literature, legislation

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Salvation by Statute: Magna Carta, Legislation, and the King's Soul

William & Mary Bill of Rights, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Feb 2017
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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Legal History, Law and Religion, Legislation, Magna Carta

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Priests of the Law: Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals

Priests of the Law: Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals, Oxford University Press, 2019
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 31 Mar 2020
Thomas McSweeney
William & Mary Law School
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Common Law, Civil Law, Roman Law, Canon Law, Lawyers, Judges, Bracton, Case Law, Ius Commune

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A University in 1693: New Light on William & Mary's Claim to the Title 'Oldest University in the United States'

William & Mary Law Review Online, Vol. 61
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Thomas McSweeney, Katharine Ello and Elsbeth O'Brien
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