Legal research enquiry (or, What Do They Teach These Kids In History Classes These Days?)
“Why haven’t you got the Queen’s Bench reports from 1880?”
“We have - we have a complete set of the Law Reports from 1865”
“No - your Queen’s Bench reports start in 1952. Before that you’ve only got the King’s Bench - and those stop then, so you’re missing the later ones of those!”
“Er, those are the same series”
“What do you mean?”
[Cue explanation of royal succession, and the history of the British monarchy from our own dear Queen back to Queen Victoria, Gawd bless ‘er]
“We have - we have a complete set of the Law Reports from 1865”
“No - your Queen’s Bench reports start in 1952. Before that you’ve only got the King’s Bench - and those stop then, so you’re missing the later ones of those!”
“Er, those are the same series”
“What do you mean?”
[Cue explanation of royal succession, and the history of the British monarchy from our own dear Queen back to Queen Victoria, Gawd bless ‘er]