Henry of Bracton (or Bratton) (c. 1210 1268) was a jurist who
worked as a Justice of Assize in the south-west of England, and was
the author of the first systematic discussion of English common
law. The manuscripts which form Bracton's Note Book were discovered
in the British Museum in 1884 by Vinogradoff, and were edited in
three volumes in 1887 by Maitland. These volumes contain a
collection of over 2,000 lawsuits from the thirteenth century, each
with a description of how the law should be applied to the
particular circumstances of each case. This is the first example of
case law in English legal writing, and its usefulness as a record
of legal precedent probably led to the creation of Year Rolls
(official records of court cases) from 1268. Volume 1, 'Apparatus',
introduces the texts and gives an account of Bracton's life.
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