Law Reports under Henry Ii in United Kingdom

This issue under the Ruling of King Henry II of England

Year Books and other Reports

Law Reports under Henry II and Medieval Law

Law Reports under Henry II and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita Anglo-Normannica: Law Cases From William I to Richard I Preserved in Historical Records. Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1881. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 150696247Abstract: Text in Latin, with English headnotes. A valuable collection of unofficial records of litigation, comprising mainly narrative accounts of cases taken from the choniclers. The preface indicates that it includes “substantially all the recorded temporal, and a few ecclesiastical litigations of the great period which begins with the Norman Conquest and ends with the beginning of the reign of Richard I.” (1066-1199). All charters and documents not relating to litigation have been excluded.

Cobbett, William, and Thomas B. Howell, ed. Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. 33 Vols. London: Printed by T.C. Hansard for R. Bagshaw, 1809. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 122275433Abstract: Based on earlier editions published in 1719, 1730, 1742, and 1775. Covers English trials relating to offenses against the State or trials illustrative of the law relating to State Officers. Covers a wide variety of cases, predominantly high treason, but also bigamy, sedition, seditious libel, murder involving high-ranking officials, riot, piracy, witchcraft, bribery, and corruption. Vol. 1 covers Henry II to Elizabeth I (1163-1600).

Van Caenegem, Raoul C., ed. English Lawsuits From William I to Richard I. 2 Vols. The Selden Society (SS), 106 for 1990, 107 for 1991 ed. London: Selden Society, 1990. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) number (used in Worldcat): 23752828Abstract: Accounts of lawsuits between 1066 and 1199, drawn from chronicles, charters, and similar sources. Vol. 1 covers from William I to Stephen; Vol. 2 covers from Henry I to Richard I.

Bibliographies of English Law History

• Maxwell, William H. A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Volume 1: English Law to 1800. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1955-
• Beale, Joseph H. A Bibliography of Early English Law Books. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926.
• Winfield, Percy H. The Chief Sources of English Legal History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925.

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See Also

• Exchequer (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Status (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Ecclesiastical Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Estates (in this legal Encyclopedia)