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Priests of the law : Roman law and the making of the common law's first professionals / Thomas J. McSweeney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McSweeney, Thomas J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford legal history series.
- Oxford legal history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--England--History--To 1500.
- Law.
- Practice of law--England--History--To 1500.
- Practice of law.
- England.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- This volume examines the development of legal professionalism in the early English common law, with specific reference to the 13th-century treatise known as Bracton and to its likely authors.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Seeting the stage
- Law as text
- Thinking about law
- From classroom to courtroom
- Cases and the dialectic
- The genres of authority
- A new plea roll for a new audience
- Conclusion: An end or a beginning?
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-258419-7
- 0-19-188064-7
- 0-19-258418-9
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