The Court of Common Pleas in fifteenth century England : a study of legal administration and procedure / Margaret Hastings.
Material type: TextSeries: Hand CollectionPublication details: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1971.Description: xviii, 302 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm. ; casedISBN:- 0208011218
- 9780208011213
- 347.42
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reference | Carlow Campus Library Reference | 347.42 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 75862 |
Donated by Professor Geoffrey Hand, formerly professor of law in University College, Dublin, the European University Institute, Florence, and the University of Birmingham.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291).
General Picture of the Court -- The Fifteenth Century -- The Business of the Court -- A Day in Court -- The Records -- Personnel of the Court -- Bench and Bar: Apprentices and Sergeants at Law -- Bench and Bar: The Justices -- Officers of the Court -- The Prothonotaries -- The Keepers of the Records -- Filacers and Other Clerks -- Method of Bringing a Personal Action -- The Original Writ -- Mesne Process -- Pleading -- Trial, Judgment, and Final Process -- THandicaps and Weaknesses -- Delays and Hindrances to Justice -- Evaluation -- List of Fees of the Officers of the Court from the Black Book of the Common Pleas Transcribed in the Early Seventeenth Century -- Thomas Jakes's Memoranda -- Clerks of the Court during the Reigns of Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III -- Return Days in the Bench -- Keepers of the Writs and Chirographers of the Court of Common Pleas from the Reign of Henry III through the Reign of Henry VII -- Sources for the Study of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fifteenth Century.