2. Holiday reading : a Constitutional blast from the past
August 2nd 2012
For holiday reading, and a little light entertainment, the
influence of Norman French, as practiced and spoken in the
Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, on the development of the
British Constitution can be evidenced in the Statute of Westminster
of 1275 AD.
The English translation is perhaps a little less ingenuous, as
it was the serf's language at the time!
It is a bit steep to hear some say that the Bailiwicks are not,
at their roots, "democratic", although the scope of the
elections referred to were probably not wide at all .....
Please see our Resources page, where you will find the
Statute of Westminster, The First (1275).