Law courts and lawyers in the city of London, 1300-1550 / Penny Tucker.
2007
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Law courts and lawyers in the city of London, 1300-1550 / Penny Tucker.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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1 online resource (xiii, 424 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in English legal history.
Formatted Contents Note
The administration of the law by the city in context
The distinctiveness of city law and custom
The city law courts
The administraion of the law in the city's courts : I
The administration of the law in the city's courts : II
Judges, jurors and litigants
The city's law officers
Legal representation in the city
The effectiveness of the administration of the law by the city
Interchange and exchange between the city and the common law.
The distinctiveness of city law and custom
The city law courts
The administraion of the law in the city's courts : I
The administration of the law in the city's courts : II
Judges, jurors and litigants
The city's law officers
Legal representation in the city
The effectiveness of the administration of the law by the city
Interchange and exchange between the city and the common law.
Summary
Between 1300 and 1550, London's courts were the most important English lay law courts outside Westminster. They served the most active and innovative of the local jurisdictions in which custom combined with the common law to produce different legal remedies from those contemporaneously available in the central courts. More importantly for the long term, not only did London's practices affect other local courts, but they influenced the development of the national common law, and quite possibly the development of the legal profession itself. This 2007 book provides a detailed account, accessible to non-legal historians, of the administration of the law by the medieval and early modern city of London. In analysing the workings of London's laws and law courts and the careers of those who worked in them, it shows how that administration, and those involved in it, helped to shape the modern English law.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511585845 ebook
9780521866682 (hardback)
9780521866682 (hardback)
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