Maintenance in Medieval England

ISBN-13: 9781107043985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 200 str.

Jonathan Rose

Opis

Identifying for the first time the true nature of maintenance, this study uses primary sources to reach new findings on its lawfulness.

Recenzje

'… an important and long overdue contribution to that field.' Anthony Musson, Journal of British Studies

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Social norms relating to the assistance of others; 3. Legal responses to the corruption of justice; 4. The early litigation 1272–1327; 5. Efforts to deal with corruption of justice in the reign of Edward III; 6. Criminal and civil litigation during the reign of Edward III; 7. Maintenance and medieval literature; 8. Changes in the late medieval period; 9. The development of the law of maintenance: permissible justifications for meddling; 10. The development of the law of maintenance: illegal maintenance; 11. Livery; 12. Achieving the legislative objectives of the maintenance statutes; 13. Conclusion.