UK Law

Category: Historical

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward Iii

    This issue under the Ruling of King Edward III of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward III and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward III and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry Vi

    This issue under the Ruling of King Henry VI of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry VI and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry VI and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia […]

  • Ecclesiastical Tribunals

    Ecclesiastical Tribunals and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Tribunals and Legal History Resources See Also Legal History Review (in this legal Encyclopedia) Legal History Review (in this legal Encyclopedia) List of Medieval Laws (in this legal Encyclopedia) Guilds (in this legal […]

  • Law

    History of Law in Britain Roman law and English law, both widely influential, are characterized -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “law”- by very different approaches. In broad terms Roman law follows a coherent written code and a set of principles, while […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward V

    This issue under the Ruling of King Edward V of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward V and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward V and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Richard Iii

    This issue under the Ruling of King Richard III of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Richard III and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Richard III and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Richard I

    This issue under the Ruling of King Richard I of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Richard I and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Richard I and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita […]

  • Common Law

    Definition of Common Law In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Common Law : 1. The part of English law based on rules developed by the royal courts during the first three centuries after the Norman Conquest (1066) as a system applicable to the whole country, […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry Iii

    This issue under the Ruling of King Henry III of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry III and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry III and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Adams, Norma, and Charles Donahue, ed. […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under Stephen

    This issue under the Ruling of Stephen of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Stephen and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Stephen and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita Anglo-Normannica: […]

  • Lex Mercatoria

    The Law Merchant The Treatise The Lex mercatoria was a short treatise, the earliest known treatment of what a later age would call “the law merchant.” It was written in England in the late thirteenth century and exists in only one known copy, which is found in sections of the Little Red […]

  • Act of Settlement

    Act of parliament (1701) settling the succession to the throne. The Bill of Rights (1689) had limited the succession -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Act of Settlement”- to the children of Mary and Anne (the daughters of James II) and of their cousin William […]

  • Richard Tottell

    Richard Tottell had been involved in the publication of Year Books. He was a King’s Printer. In 1553 Richard Tottell began his publications of the Year Books. . .Early in his publishing career Tottell began to publish the separate years in groups. Tottell received a second licencel, dated […]

  • Year Books of the Reign of Edward III

    List of Printed Year Reports in the Period of Edward III List of Old Printed Editions of the Year Books by year and name of the publication: Year 1326-1327 ; Tottell (Date of Publication: 1562 ) Year 1326-1327 ; Yetsweirt (Date of Publication: 1596 ) Year 1326-1327 ; […]

  • Year Book Reports

    Year Book Law Reports Introduction The Year Books are the law reports of medieval England. The earliest examples date from about 1268, and the last in the printed series are for the year 1535. The Year Books are our principal source materials for the development of legal doctrines, […]