JUDGES, ADMINISTRATORS & COMMON LAW (Hardcover)

This collection of essays brings together the author's work on th growth of administrative monarchy in Angevin England, concentrating upon the personnnel of royal government and especially upon the common law courts. It describes the institutions of the English common law during its formative period, including the growth of the jury and of the two central courts, Common Pleas at Westminster and the court following the king, later King's Bench. Another group of essays illustrate the justices' handling of cases coming before the law courts, examining please that touched the king's interest. After a discussion of the authorship of England's first great lawbook, Glanvill, other essays examine the justices, their level of literacy, the conflicts facing the clerics among them in hearing secular cases, and the hostility that they aroused as 'new men' in the king's service from conservative elements in society.

General

Imprint:	Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1994
First published:	July 1994
Authors:	Ralph Turner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	342
ISBN-13:	978-1-85285-104-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > Common law Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-85285-104-X
Barcode:	9781852851040

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