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A Sketch of English Legal History: How Norman and Medieval Law, the Magna Carta, Common Law and Statute Law Was Created and Developed

A Sketch of English Legal History: How Norman and Medieval Law, the Magna Carta, Common Law and Statute Law Was Created and Developed

Maitland, Frederic William

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General LawGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1789873274
ISBN13: 9781789873276
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1915
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Erstwhile professor of law Frederic Maitland investigates the origins and history of England's legal system, and its evolution through the centuries.

The first laws native to England were enacted by Saxon kings, with King Aethelbert being the first monarch to do so in around A.D. 600. These early laws set out necessary compensations and punishments in the event of wrongdoing such as theft or physical harm. The law advanced steadily in Medieval times, with kings such as Edward I and Henry III particularly keen to advance its codification, motivated by the organization of the realm's lands, revenues and taxes. For much of the Middle Ages, French was the language spoken by lawyers and legal scholars - it was not until the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509) that English became the speech used in law.

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