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9780198258179

The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI: 1483-1558

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-11-27
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This, the first volume to appear in the landmark new Oxford History of the Laws of England series, covers the years 1483-1558, a period of immense social, political, and intellectual change, which profoundly affected the law and its workings.

Author Biography


J. H. Baker is currently Downing Professor of the Laws of England, and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was Professor of English Legal History at Cambridge from 1988-98, and has been Literary Director of the Selden Society since 1981. He has taught at New York University School of Law as a visiting professor since 1988, and also at University College London, and at Harvard and Yale Universities. He became Honorary Queen's Counsel in 1996, became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1984, and was made an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations xxi
Table of Cases xxxi
Table of Statutes cxxxix
I. ENGLISH LAW AND THE RENAISSANCE
1. English Law and the Renaissance
3(52)
English Law and the Reception
4(9)
The Early-Modern Legal Transformation
13(2)
Humanist Influences on English Law
15(3)
Legal History and the Sense of Change
18(6)
Order and System in the Sources of Law
24(5)
The Advent of Printing
29(1)
Individualism and the 'Common Weal'
30(4)
The Role of Legislation
34(5)
Equity and Conscience
39(9)
Judicial Positivism
48(7)
II. THE CONSTITUTION
2. General Features of the Constitution
55(32)
The Devolution of the Crown
57(6)
The Rule of Law
63(10)
Parliament
73(14)
3. Freedom, the State, and the Individual
87(14)
False Imprisonment
88(3)
Habeas Corpus
91(3)
Writs of Protection
94(2)
Purveyance and Pre-emption
96(1)
The Poor
96(5)
4. The King's Dominions outside the Realm
101(16)
Wales
101(7)
Ireland
108(3)
Isle of Man
111(1)
France
111(6)
III. THE COURTS
5. Introduction: Jurisdictional Movements
117(8)
6. The Court of Common Pleas
125(20)
Officers and Ministers of the Court
127(10)
The Records of the Court
137(4)
The Business of the Court
141(4)
7. The Court of King's Bench
145(14)
Officers of the Court
146(3)
The Records of the Court
149(2)
Bills of Middlesex and Common Pleas
151(3)
Effect of the Bill Procedure on Business
154(3)
Substantive Law Reform
157(2)
8. The Court of Exchequer
159(12)
The Revenue Side
161(5)
The Plea Side
166(3)
The Equity Side
169(1)
Error from the Exchequer
170(1)
9. The Court of Chancery
171(20)
The Common-law Side
171(2)
The English Side
173(6)
Influence of the Civilians
179(3)
The Masters and Clerks
182(4)
The Records of the Court
186(1)
Business of the Court
187(4)
10. The Council and Conciliar Courts
191(18)
The Star Chamber
195(5)
The Privy Council
200(3)
Requests
203(3)
Provincial Councils
206(3)
11. Admiralty Courts and Courts Martial
209(12)
The High Court of Admiralty
210(6)
The Court of the Constable and Marshal
216(5)
12. The New Revenue Courts
221(12)
The Court of Duchy Chamber
223(2)
The Court of General Surveyors
225(1)
The Court of the First Fruits and Tenth
226(1)
The Court of Augmentations
227(2)
The Court of Wards and Liveries
229(4)
13. Ecclesiastical Courts
233(22)
Relationship with the Common-law Courts
237(4)
The Jurisdictional Boundary
241(3)
The Break with Rome
244(7)
Continuity
251(4)
14. Commissions
255(22)
Assizes
255(10)
Oyer and Terminer
Commissions of the Peace
265(6)
Quarter Sessions of the Peace
271(6)
15. The Metropolis
277(14)
The Court of Hustings
280(1)
The Mayor's Court
281(2)
The Sheriffs' Courts
283(2)
Criminal Justice
285(2)
Minor Courts
287(4)
16. Local Courts
291(32)
The Palatinates
293(5)
Forests
298(2)
Counties and Hundreds
300(3)
Cities and Boroughs
303(9)
Courts of Piepowder
312(2)
Manors
314(4)
Other Franchises
318(5)
IV. CIVIL PROCEDURE AND PLEADING
17. Commencing an Action
323(12)
The Formulation of Writs and Bills
325(3)
Mesne Process
328(3)
Appearance, Non-appearance, and Discontinuance
331(4)
18. Pleading
335(16)
Oral and Paper Pleading
335(9)
Forms and Formalism
344(5)
Fictions
349(2)
19. Trial by Jury
351(24)
Jury Trial
351(2)
Qualifications of the Jurors
353(2)
Impanelling and Challenging the Array
355(5)
Challenges to the Polls
360(1)
Evidence
361(3)
Misconduct of the Jury
364(5)
Verdicts
369(2)
Attaint
371(4)
20. Damages and Costs
375(10)
Reforms in the Law of Costs
376(3)
The Control and Mitigation of Awards
379(4)
Execution
383(2)
21. Legal Discussion in Court
385(26)
Tentative Pleading
386(3)
Formal Demurrers
389(4)
Motions in Arrest of Judgment
393(4)
Demurrers to the Evidence
397(3)
Special Verdicts
400(3)
Writs of Error
403(8)
V. THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND ITS LEARNING
22. The Judiciary
411(10)
Collegiality of the Judges
411(2)
Judicial Independence
413(8)
23. The Bar
421(16)
Serjeants at Law
421(4)
The Law Officers
425(1)
Rights of Audience
426(4)
Professional Ethics
430(1)
Retainers
431(6)
24. Attorneys and Clerks
437(8)
Attorneys
438(2)
Court Officials
440(2)
Solicitors and Others
442(3)
25. The Education of Lawyers
445(28)
Common Lawyers and the Universities
447(2)
Access to Legal Education
449(2)
Pupillage
451(2)
The Inns of Chancery
453(6)
The Inns of Court
459(4)
Learning Exercises in the Inns of Court
463(4)
Common Learning
467(6)
26. Case-Law
473(18)
The Last Year Books
473(6)
The Unprinted Reports
479(5)
The Circulation of Reports
484(2)
The Force of Precedent
486(5)
27. Law Books and Publishing
491(20)
Law Libraries
491(3)
The Law Book Trade and the Press
494(5)
The Law Printers and the Legal Profession
499(2)
Law Books in Manuscript and Print
501(4)
Statute Books
505(1)
Impact of the Printing Press on the Law
506(5)
VI. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
28. Criminal Procedure
511(12)
Appeals of Felony
512(2)
Public Prosecution
514(2)
Trial on Indictment
516(6)
Summary Procedure
522(1)
29. The Development of Criminal Law
523(8)
Questions Arising at the Trial
525(1)
Reserved Cases
526(2)
Role of the Inns of Court
528(3)
30. Privileges and Immunities
531(22)
Benefit of Clergy
531(5)
Statutory Restrictions on Clergy
536(4)
Sanctuary and Abjuration
540(4)
Special or Private Sanctuaries
544(7)
Pregnancy
551(2)
31. The Law Relating to Felonies
553(28)
Offences Against the Person
553(11)
Offences Against Property
564(10)
Accessories
574(7)
32. Treason and Offences against Public Order
581(16)
High Treason
581(8)
Misprision of Treason
589(1)
Riot and Unlawful Assembly
590(3)
Witchcraft and Magic
593(4)
VII. PERSONS
33. Status and Legal Personality
597(34)
Villeinage de Sank
598(9)
Religious Persons
607(4)
Aliens
611(6)
Women
617(5)
Corporations
622(9)
VIII. THE LAW OF PROPERTY
34. Agrarian Changes and Security of Tenure
631(22)
Tenants for Years
633(10)
Tenants at Will
643(1)
Manorial Tenants by Copy of Court Roll
644(6)
Enclosures
650(3)
35. Uses, Wills, and Fiscal Feudalism
653(34)
Uses and the Common Law
654(7)
Legislative Remedies
661(4)
The Assault on Uses
665(7)
The Statute of Uses 1536
672(2)
Legal Consequences of the Statute
674(5)
The Statute of Wills 1540
679(4)
Trusts after the Statute of Uses
683(4)
36. Family Settlements
687(22)
Marriage Treaties
688(3)
Other Forms of Settlement
691(1)
Primogeniture and Entails
692(2)
Common Recoveries
694(4)
Fines with Proclamations
698(1)
Perpetuity Clauses
699(2)
Contingent Remainders
701(4)
Mortgages and Recognizances
705(4)
37. Dissolution of the Monasteries
709(10)
Impropriation of Tithes
715(1)
Chantries and Charities
715(4)
38. Litigation over Real Property
719(8)
39. Property in Chattels
727(24)
Occupation
729(2)
Specification
731(2)
Severance from Land
733(2)
Accession
735(3)
Transfer of Title
738(6)
Estates in Chattels
744(7)
IX. THE LAW OF TORTS
40. Trespass and Case
751(6)
General Principles of Liability
753(4)
41. Negligence and Fault
757(12)
Negligent Misperformance of Contracts
757(3)
Care of Goods: Carriers and Innkeepers
760(4)
Control of Hazardous Forces
764(2)
Accidents between Strangers
766(3)
42. Deceit
769(6)
43. Nuisance
775(6)
44. Defamation
781(20)
Temporal and Spiritual Defamation
788(6)
Defences in Actions for Slander
794(7)
45. Conversion and Detinue
801(8)
Conversion by a Bailee
802(2)
Trover
804(5)
46. Procuring Breaches of Contract
809(4)
X. THE LAW OF CONTRACT
47. Principles of Contractual Liability
813(6)
48. Debt and Formal Contracts
819(20)
Penalties and Conscience
822(2)
The Common Law of Bonds
824(8)
Usury
832(3)
Debt and Wager of Law
835(4)
49. Assumpsit for Nonfeasance
839(36)
Nonfeasance and Negligence
841(2)
Promises to Convey Land
843(3)
Promises to Perform Acts or Services
846(6)
Promises to Pay Money or Deliver Fungibles
852(9)
The 'Indebitatus' Count
861(1)
Consideration
862(7)
The Courts Begin to Differ
869(6)
50. Accountability and Quasi-Contract
875(6)
The Action of Account
875(3)
Actions on the Case
878(3)
Bibliography 881(42)
1. Contemporary Sources
881(16)
2. Secondary Material
897(26)
Index of Names 923(18)
Index of Subjects 941

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