The profession of ecclesiastical lawyers: an historical introduction
Exploration of manuscript records and civil law sources to provide a fuller account of the history of the legal profession in England.
| Summary: | Exploration of manuscript records and civil law sources to provide a fuller account of the history of the legal profession in England. Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Texts of the ius commune -- General References -- Records in Diocesan Archives -- Table of Citations to the Roman and Canon Laws -- Roman Law -- Canon Law -- Part I The Profession Described -- Introduction -- 1 The Law of the Legal Profession: Advocates and Proctors -- The Renaissance in Law -- Medieval Juristic Literature -- Developments in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Qualifications Necessary for Entry -- Distinctions between Kinds of Legal Representative -- Exclusion of Proctors from Criminal Causes -- The Contents and Wording of Mandates of Procuration -- Open Questions and Omissions in the Texts -- Educational Requirements -- Ethical Standards and Professional Conduct -- Regulation of Fees and the Size of the Profession -- Effects on Lawyers in Court Practice -- Conclusion -- 2 The Education of Ecclesiastical Lawyers -- The Education of Advocates -- Law Lectures and Associated Sources of Learning -- The Two Laws -- The Education of Proctors -- University Education -- Preparation for Practice: Learning Court Procedure -- Preparations for Practice: Drafting Documents -- Preparation for Practice: the Learned Laws -- 3 Ecclesiastical Lawyers and the Protestant Reformation -- Ecclesiastical Lawyers in Years of Religious Change -- The Reign of Henry VIII -- The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary -- The Reign of Elizabeth -- Interpreting the Evidence -- 4 English Ecclesiastical Lawyers before the Civil War -- Aggression from Without -- Initiatives and Innovations of the Ecclesiastical Lawyers -- Levels of Court Activity -- The Scope of Instance Litigation -- Alimony Awards -- Augmentation of Tithes Owed to Vicars -- Jactitation -- Faculty Jurisdiction and Pews -- The Duplex Querela. |
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| ISBN: | 1108599443 |