Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Tucker, Penelope.

Publication

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Details

Description

xiii, 424 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Between 1300 and 1550, London's courts were the most important English lay law courts outside Westminster, affecting other local courts and influencing the development of the national common law and the development of the English legal profession. This book provides a detailed account of the administration of the law by the medieval and early modern city of London.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in English legal history.

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in English legal history.

Subject

• To 1500
• Geschichte 1300-1550
• Practice of law > England > London > History > To 1500
• Justice, Administration of > England > London > History > To 1500
• Law, Medieval
• Justice, Administration of
• Practice of law
• Gericht
• Rechtsprechung
• Rechterlijke instanties
• Advocaten
• England > London
• London
• Londen

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-413) and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780521866682
• 0521866685
• 0511585845
• 9780511585845

LCCN

2007273625

OCLC

• ocm71808157
• 71808157
• SCSB-1422095

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library