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Kings, barons and justices : the making and enforcement of legislation in thirteenth-century England /
This book is a study of two important and related pieces of thirteenth-century English legislation - the Provisions of Westminster of 1259 and the Statute of Marlborough of 1267 - and is the first on any of the statutes of this period of major legislative change.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;
4th ser., 56. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Politics and the legislative reform of the common law: from the Provisions of Westminster of 1259 to the Statute of Marlborough of 1267. The making of the Provisions of Westminster: the process of drafting and their political context ; The making of the Provisions of Westminster: the social and legal context and the evolution of the individual clauses, I ; The making of the Provisions of Westminster: the social and legal context and the evolution of the individual clauses, II ; The enforcement of the Provisions of Westminster during the initial stage of their existence, 1259-63 ; The revision and reissuing of the Provisions, 1263-4 ; The revised Provisions in action, 1263-7 ; The final revision and reissuing of the Provisions of Westminster: the Statute of Marlborough of 1267
- pt. II. Beyond politics: the enforcement and interpretation of the Statute of Marlborough in the courts, 1267-1307. Contra forman feoffamenti: the statutory action for tenants contesting liability to suit of court after 1267 ; Other mechanisms for the enforcement of Chapter 9 ; Other reform affecting the lord-tenant relationship ; Reforms in the criminal justice system ; Reforms in the procedures of the royal courts ; The extension of existing remedies ; Enforcing the accountability of socage guardians ; Controlling the use of distraint ; Remedying abuses in the operation of local courts ; Conclusions.