Law courts and lawyers in the city of London, 1300-1550 / Penny Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Penelope, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in English legal history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practice of law--England--London--History--To 1500.

Practice of law.

Justice, Administration of--England--London--History--To 1500.

Justice, Administration of.

Law, Medieval.

History.

England--London.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 424 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Law Courts & Lawyers in the City of London 1300-1550

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

text file

PDF

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.

Contents:

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.

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ISBN:

9780511585845

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