Talk:List of Acts of the Parliament of England to 1601

Adding move template because capitalisation is wrong. James500 (talk) 18:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Something to think about over Christmas: ordinances of the Long Parliament, are they technically Acts of Parliament, do we want to list them here ... ? --Kurando 16:28, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * in a paper in Statute Law Review (26:3, pp. 189-200) Nigel Jamieson arguess that the Acts of the Long and Little Parliaments, 'as seen to satisfy the legislative protocols of their own time, such acts and ordinances are arguably either statute law, or else, through subsequent parliamentary confirmation, are given the force of statute law". That said, though, he also points out legislation from the interregnum is hard to find and difficult to verify. He points to the (probably apocryphal) legislation outlawing the celebration of Christmas. All of that is to say I think the most responsible track would be to leave out Acts from that period as scholars cannot themselves agree which were legitimate, etc. 64.146.4.31 22:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

What about even earlier stuff like the Assize of Northampton or the Assize of Clarendon? I suppose these are not "acts of Parliament" as such... Adam Bishop 03:01, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


 * It would be interesting to have to those listed somewhere Kurando | ^_^ 09:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

A thought - we have many early statutes listed here, like the Statute of Merton or the Statute of Marlborough. These are nominally several Acts grouped together, but were passed as one and our articles (Statute of Marlborough, Statutes of Westminster, Statute of Merton) tend to treat them as single units. I've refactored the list under Marlborough (1267, 52 Hen III) to be one article and a list of laws mentioned in it; does this seem a more useful way to go than a long list of redlinks for individual laws we'll probably never write on? As matters stand, we don't seem to deal with the main articles at all here, otherwise, which is odd... Thoughts appreciated. Shimgray | talk | 11:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I've done something similar with a number of the others. I doubt that the formal short titles get used much even in court, and it certainly makes the most historical sense to group the individual chapters together.  Silverhelm 09:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

Accuracy of older details and general formatting
Please see the talk page at Talk:List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament, 1801-1819 for current discussion of possible changes to the lists for both British and English legislation. Silverhelm 09:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Title
Couldn't this just be called List of Acts of the English Parliament to 1601 ? It seems a little unwieldy to have the word "Parliament" appear twice. Funnyhat 06:19, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Dates of Repeal
Might it be useful if the year of repeal (and even the repealing statute) was listed against each of these provisions no longer in force?--Iacobus (talk) 01:43, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I notice that the Statute Law Database (http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk) provides a chronological listing of legisation. Using that, one can indicate which of the statutes in this article are still in force. I will try annotating the relevant provisions with the note (still in force). I am open to suggestions or amendments of this procdeure.--Iacobus (talk) 02:25, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The Chronological Table of the Statutes published by HMSO lists dates of repeal, and it seems to be the authoritative source for UK statute information in general. (Especially helpful when the various Statutes at Large/Statutes of the Realm editions conflict on numbering, dates of enactment, etc.) Beinsane (talk) 01:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)