Legal History

Through studying the evolution of the corporate form in Britain and a number of its colonial possessions, the book illuminates debates on key concepts within the area of incorporations legislation...

Through studying the evolution of the corporate form in Britain and a number of its colonial possessions, the book illuminates debates on key concepts within the area of incorporations legislation...

This title, first published in 1989, was one of the first to directly address the legal dimension of bastard feudalism. John Bellamy explores the role and vulnerability of local officials and juries, the nature of the endemic land wars and the interference in the justice system by those at the top o..

This title, first published in 1989, was one of the first to directly address the legal dimension of bastard feudalism. John Bellamy explores the role and vulnerability of local officials and juries, the nature of the endemic land wars and the interference in the justice system by those at the top o..

The articles in this volume trace the development of the theory that humanity forms a single world community and that there exists a body of law governing the relations among the members of that community. These ideas first appeared in the writings of the medieval canon lawyers and received their ..

Focusing on the 'long eighteenth century' this collection of essays charts the transition of British legal proceedings from early scenes of noise and disorder, to a much more rigid and solemn atmosphere by the start of the nineteenth century. Through an investigation into the extent to which legal p..

Droit et coutume en France aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles..

The policing system in Britain today has emerged from an historical overlap of two policing models: a civil (English) and a semi-military (colonial) tradition. Whereas academic research has historically tended to focus on the policing of mainland Britain, these essays concentrate on recent scholarly..

La formation du droit canonique médiéval..

Law and Jurisdiction in the Middle Ages..

Legal Scholarship and Doctrines of Private Law, 13th–18th centuries..

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...