Conspiracy: a Conceptual Genealogy

Conspiracy: a Conceptual Genealogy

(Thirteenth to Early Eighteenth Century)

Esta tesis se centra en la genealogía del delito de conspiración en Inglaterra desde el siglo XIII hasta comienzos del XVIII. La historiografía acerca del mismo ha sido de carácter marcadamente doctrinal, aunque ha producido un valioso acopio de fuentes. Haciendo uso de conceptos de la lingüística cognitiva, esta investigación revela aspectos de la genealogía del concepto de conspiración que el enfoque doctrinal no podía percibir. Se muestra cómo ciertas conductas fueron lexicalizadas como conspiración en la Edad Media, cómo el mismo término aparece en la conceptualización del delito de traición y cómo a través de un proceso de integración conceptual se produjo la action upon the case in the nature of conspiracy diferente de la conspiración medieval. Finalmente, también se verá cómo el moderno sentido de conspiración surgió a través del mismo proceso de integración conceptual que permitía establecer analogías con el delito de traición, así como con la action upon the case in the nature of conspiracy.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • I. The Historiography of the Law of Conspiracy
    • 1 The Codification of Conspiracy
      • 1 The Trade Unions Issue
      • 2 Codification Ideas and Ideals
      • 3 The Instrumental Theory of Conspiracy and the Wide Rule
        • 1 The History of the Wide Rule
        • 2 Special Conspiracies
        • 3 Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade
        • 4 The Repeal of Conspiracy
      • 4 The Attempt Theory of the Law of Conspiracy
        • 1 Attempt by Conspiracy
        • 2 The Wide Rule
    • 2 Conceptual Continuity of the Law of Conspiracy
    • 3 The Medieval Conspiracy
      • 1 The Stationary Thesis: Conspiracies Against the State
    • 4 Superseding Thesis
  • II. Conspiracy in the Middle Ages
    • 1 Legislating the Corruption of Justice
      • 1 Corruption of Royal Officers
      • 2 Corruption of Jurors
      • 3 Barratry and Corruption
      • 4 The Ordinance of Conspirators
    • 2 The Writ of Conspiracy in Action
      • 1 Disturbance of Right by Judicial Corruption and Barratry
      • 2 Extortion and Wrongdoing by Judicial Corruption and Barratry
        • 1 Extortion
        • 2 Wrongdoing
        • 3 Disturbance of Right, Extortion, and Wrongdoing
        • 4 Genealogy of the Writ of Conspiracy as Applied to Wrongdoing
        • 5 Wrongful Prosecution and Justification
        • 6 Homicide in Will
      • 3 Sole Defendant
    • 3 The Definition of Conspirators
      • 1 The Trailbaston in Action
      • 2 The Articles of the Eyre in Action
        • 1 The Formula De Mutuis Sacramentis
        • 2 Malfeasance by Corrupt Officers
        • 3 Barratry
    • 4 Making Good Friends
      • 1 The Fraternizing Model of Mutual Protection and Aid
      • 2 Fraternal Agreement and Litigation
    • 5 The Narrowing of Conspiracy
  • III. The Will for the Deed
    • 1 Homicide in Coke
      • 1 The Frame of Homicide
        • 1 Malice Aforethought
        • 2 Voluntariness
        • 3 Sound Memory and Age of Discretion
        • 4 Feloniousness
        • 5 Consummation
      • 2 Structure of the Category of Homicide
        • 1 Manslaughter
          • 1 Chancemedley
          • 2 The Periphery of Manslaughter
        • 2 Murder
          • 1 The Periphery of Murder
          • 2 The Ancient Law of Conspiracy
    • 2 High Treason in Coke
      • 1 Coke’s Analysis of The Treason Act 1351
      • 2 Attempt Theory of the Treason of Compassing the King’s Death
        • 1 Will as the Intended Effect of the Action
        • 2 The Action as Failed Execution
        • 3 Coke’s Concept of ‘Attempt’
        • 4 Lexical Structure of the Blending between the Attempt and the Compassing the Death of the King
      • 3 Volitive Theory of the Treason of Compassing the Death of the King
        • 1 Open War
        • 2 Compassing as a Crime
        • 3 Structure of the ‘Overt Act’
          • 1 Words
          • 2 Dethroning, Coercing and Preparations
          • 3 Other Treasons as Evidence
          • 4 Lexical Structure of the Volitive View
            • 1 Conspiracy
        • 4 Levying War
          • 1 Meaning and Source
          • 2 Volitive Theory of Levying of War
          • 3 Constructive Treason
    • 3 High Treason in Hale
      • 1 Compassing the Death of the King
        • 1 Source
        • 2 Meaning
          • 1 Volitive Theory
          • 2 Attempt Theory
        • 3 Overt Act Requirement (Burden of Proof)
        • 4 Theory of the Overt Act
          • 1 Preparations
          • 2 Words
          • 3 Assemblies and Alliances
        • 5 The Field of Compassing the Death of the King
          • 1 Conspiracy as a Type of Plan as form of Volition
          • 2 Adhering the Enemy: Conspiracy as a Type of Bond
          • 3 Attempt: Conspiracy as a Part of Crime
          • 4 Evidence
          • 5 Syntagmatic Relations: the Use of Bare
      • 2 Levying War
        • 1 The Elements of the Treason of Levying War against the King
          • 1 More Guerrino Arraiati
          • 2 Purpose
        • 2 The Field of the Levy War in Hale
          • 1 Levy War as a Type of Assembly
        • 3 Source: Compassing to Levy War/Levy War
          • 1 Conspiracy as Co-Hyponym of Treason
          • 2 Conspiracy as a Stage of Levy War: Bare Assembly, Assembly to Levy War, Unlawful Assembly, Levying of War
          • 3 Conspiracy as Evidence of Treason
      • 3 Conspiracy as a Type of Criminal Relationship
  • IV. The Rise of the Action on the Case
    • 1 A Litigious Society
    • 2 The Law of Defamation
    • 3 Action for Words
    • 4 The Blending of Writ of Conspiracy and Action for Words
      • 1 The Blended Frame
      • 2 Wrongful Prosecution
        • 1 Control of Prosecutors
        • 2 Collective Behavior
        • 3 The Writ of Conspiracy Arguments
      • 3 Defamation
        • 1 Slander
        • 2 Vexation
        • 3 Ecclesiastical Defamation
      • 4 Abuse (Non-Justifiable Prosecution)
        • 1 The Frame of Abuse within the Blended Action
      • 5 Perjury
      • 6 The Emergence of the Action on the Case
  • V. The Rearrangement of the Law of Conspiracy
    • 1 Conspiracy in the Court of Star Chamber
      • 1 Analogy with the Writ of Conspiracy
      • 2 Analogy with Defamation
      • 3 Unjustified Prosecution
      • 4 Disturbance of Private Right
      • 5 The Poulterers’ Case and Sir Anthony Ashley’s Case (1611)
        • 1 The Facts of the Case
        • 2 The Acquittal Requirement
        • 3 Sir Anthony Ashley’s Case (1611)
        • 4 The Narrow Principle
        • 5 The Law of Mercy
    • 2 The Integration of High Treason: Starling Case (1665)
      • 1 The Brewers as Having Committed a Punishable Plot
      • 2 The Brewers as Having Entered into a Punishable Alliance
      • 3 The Brewers as Having Committed an Assembly to Some Unlawful Public Purpose
      • 4 The Category of Conspiracy after Starling (Towards the Category of Criminal Conspiracy)
    • 3 Punishable Plot Frame
      • 1 Blackmail as a Punishable Plot
        • 1 Timberly Case (1663)
        • 2 Armstrong’s Case (1678)
        • 3 Best Case (1705)
        • 4 Kinnersley Case (1705)
      • 2 Cheat and Fraud by Collusion as Punishable Plot
        • 1 Conspiracy as Procurement of False Accusation
        • 2 Conspiracy as Fraud by Collusion
        • 3 Conspiracy as Scheme to Defraud
      • 3 Duels as Punishable Plot
      • 4 Enticement as Punishable Plot
    • 4 Malicious Prosecution Frame
      • 1 Innocence Requirement
    • 5 Unlawful Assembly Frame
      • 1 Unlawful Assembly and Cheats
    • 6 False Accusation Frame
    • 7 Hawkins
      • 1 The Problem of Failed Prosecutions
      • 2 Hawkins’ view of the Acquittal Requirement
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography

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