Law in common : legal cultures in late-medieval England / Tom Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Tom, 1989- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--England--History--To 1500.

Law.

Courts--England--History--To 1500.

Courts.

Sociological jurisprudence--England--History--To 1500.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

'Law in Common' draws on a large body of unpublished archival material from local archives and libraries across the country, to show how ordinary people in the later Middle Ages - such as peasants, craftsmen, and townspeople - used law in their everyday lives, developing our understanding of the operation of late-medieval society and politics.

Contents:

Part I. Local legal cultures

Rural legal culture : ordaining community

Urban legal culture : institutional density

Maritime legal culture : expertise and authority

Forest legal culture : accounting for vert and venison

Part II. Common legalities

The legal landscape

The economy of legitimate knowledge

Legal English and the vernacularization of law

Common legal documents

Conclusion: Towards a common constitution.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-309) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-108848-X

0-19-182746-0

0-19-108847-1