The aftermath of the Popish Plot and the subsequent succession crisis of the years 1678 to 1681 are the context for this new study. It asks two key questions: Was there an exclusion crisis? and, Did these years witness the birth of modern political parties? Through a detailed an…
Against the backdrop of decolonisation and the territorial adjustments of the 1990s, the issue of state succession continues to be a complex focal point for public international law. This book re-assesses the foundations of the law of succession, assessing the attempts, and fail…
The Islamic claim to supersede Judaism and Christianity is embodied in the theological assertion that the office of prophecy is hereditary but that the line of descent ends with Muhammad, who is the seal, or last, of the prophets. While Muhammad had no natural sons who reached t…
