Bracton’s Note Book

A Collection of Cases Decided in the King’s Courts during the Reign of Henry the Third

By:

Henry De Bracton

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History

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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 the particular circumstances of each case. 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. Volume 1, 'Apparatus', introduces the texts and gives an account of Bracton's life.

Release date Australia

October 31st, 2010

Author

Henry De Bracton

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Contributor

Edited by Frederic William Maitland

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

368

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History

Dimensions

140x216x21

ISBN-13

9781108010290

Product ID

6789774

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