
Bracton's Note Book 3 Volume Paperback Set
A Collection of Cases Decided in the King's Courts during the Reign of Henry the Third
Henry de Bracton(Author)
Frederic William Maitland(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 2010
Book
1826 pages
978-1-108-01031-3 (ISBN)
Description
Henry of Bracton (or Bratton) (c. 1210-1268) was a jurist who worked as a Justice of Assize in the south-west of England, and was the author of the first systematic discussion of English common law. The manuscripts which form Bracton's Note Book were discovered in the British Museum in 1884 by Vinogradoff, and were edited in three volumes in 1887 by Maitland. These volumes contain a collection of over 2,000 lawsuits from the thirteenth century, each with a description of how the law should be applied to this set of circumstances. This is the first example of case law in English legal writing, and its usefulness as a record of legal precedent probably led to the creation of Year Rolls (official records of court cases) from 1268.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 110 mm
Weight
2470 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-01031-3 (9781108010313)
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Content
Volume 1: Preface; Table of contents; Errata; Vinogradoff's letter to the Athenaeum; Note on the classification of the Plea Rolls; List of MSS. of Bracton's Treatise to which reference has been made; Introduction; Tables; Indices. Volume 2: Pleas in the Bench; Appendix. Volume 3: Pleas in the Bench; Pleas before the King; Pleas in the Bench; Pleas from the Eyres; Appendix.