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Legal history

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Lex Irnitana

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3124/NHPP 1/17/1/37
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-management:

See also Records of NH Members in NHPM 1 (especially files of press cuttings, cvs in NHPM1/1).

 Fonds

Sir Alexander Johnston: administrative papers relating to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 92
Scope and Contents

Comprises: four notebooks assembled by Johnston on aspects of law, history and administration in Ceylon; letter-book containing regulations relating to Roman Catholics in Ceylon; copies of law officers and counsels' opinions on various colonial acts. Note that 'Notebook V', extract from statement concerning the arrival of Chalias in Ceylon (presented by Professor Lee alongside the rest of the collection and listed in Donald Simpson's 1975 manuscript catalogue) is missing.

Dates: c. 1806 - 1827
 Fonds

The Papers of Charles Hamson

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9957
Scope and Contents

The collection principally consists of draft texts, offprints and correspondence relating to articles, lectures and broadcasts delivered by Hamson. Some correspondence, most of which concerns various honours and offices held, is also included, together with a small number of items relating to Hamson’s school and university education.

Dates: 1921 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library. Some items of personal correspondence have been closed.