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The Oxford history of the laws of England, Vol. 1

John H. Baker
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Abbreviations (page xv)
  • Table of Parliamentary Statutes (page xxiii)
  • Table of Citations to Ius Commune (page xxvii)
  • 1. The Anglo-Saxon Church (page 1)
    • The Mission of St Augustine (page 2)
    • The Establishment of Christian Law (page 11)
    • Canonical Sources and Learning (page 25)
    • Substantive Law (page 40)
    • Conclusion (page 62)
  • 2. From the Norman Conquest to the Establishment of Consistory Courts (page 67)
    • Formation of the Classical Canon Law (page 68)
    • The English Church (page 106)
    • Conclusion (page 143)
  • 3. From the Thirteenth Century to the Accession of Elizabeth (page 147)
    • The Canon Law and Legislation (page 148)
    • Legal Education and Canonical Scholarship (page 186)
    • Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (page 206)
    • Conclusion (page 234)
  • 4. From the Elizabethan Settlement to the Abolition of Episcopacy (page 237)
    • Fundamental Assumptions (page 239)
    • Education and Scholarship (page 243)
    • Legislation (page 263)
    • The Ecclesiastical Courts (page 282)
    • The Final Days (page 307)
  • 5. Civil Procedure and the Law of Proof (page 311)
    • Basic Characteristics (page 312)
    • The Opening Stages (page 317)
    • The Stage for Proof (page 327)
    • The Final Stages (page 341)
    • Definitive Sentences (page 343)
  • 6. Monetary Obligations and Economic Regulation (page 355)
    • Breach of Faith (Laesio fidei) (page 358)
    • Other Monetary Obligations (page 368)
    • Economic Regulation (page 377)
  • 7. Testamentary Law and Probate Jurisdiction (page 387)
    • The Canon Law of Last Wills and Testaments (page 389)
    • Ecclesiastical Probate and Testamentary Litigation (page 396)
    • English Practice and Formal Laws (page 426)
  • 8. Tithes and Spiritual Dues (page 433)
    • The Canon Law of Tithes (page 435)
    • Litigation over Tithes (page 440)
    • Other Spiritual Dues (page 465)
  • 9. Churches and the Clergy (page 475)
    • Benefices and the ius patronatus (page 477)
    • Ecclesiastical Elections (page 491)
    • Church Property (page 494)
    • The Clergy (page 505)
  • 10. Marriage and Divorce (page 521)
    • Matrimonial Contracts (page 523)
    • Divorce (page 540)
    • Ancillary Causes touching Marriage (page 556)
    • Changes and Continuities (page 563)
  • 11. Defamation (page 565)
    • The ius commune and Defamation (page 566)
    • The Scope of Actionable Defamation (page 574)
    • Changes and Continuities in Law and Practice (page 590)
    • Jactitation (page 596)
  • 12. Crimes and Criminal Procedure (page 599)
    • The Canon Law and Crime (page 600)
    • Criminal Procedure (page 604)
    • Substantive Law of Crimes (page 626)
  • Select Bibliography (page 643)
  • Index of Names and Places (page 669)
  • Index of Subjects (page 675)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
LHR 25.1 (Spring 2007): 217-219 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27641437
ENHR 119.484 (Nov. 2004): 1328-1330 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3490360
JBRS 45.3 (July 2006): 628-629 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/507204
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Published: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780198258971 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Legal
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