Royal Writs in England From the Conquest to Glanvill: Studies in the Early History of the Common Law. By R. C. Van Caenegem, ph.d., litt.d., ll.d., Assistant-Lecturer in the University of Ghent. [London: Selden Society, Vol. 77. 1959. xlix, 515 and (indices) 40 pp. Price to non-members: £3 13s. 6d.]

1961 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-118
Author(s):  
Alan Harding
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Early History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
The University ◽  
Assistant Lecturer

Blackstone

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John V. Orth
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
First Century ◽  
Legal Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law ◽  
The University ◽  
Law Professors

This chapter focuses on Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780), the author of the most important book in the history of the common law. The four-volume Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769) and the series of lectures Blackstone delivered at Oxford from 1753, changed the way lawyers thought about the law. Blackstone’s Commentaries were read by more people, non-lawyers as well as lawyers, than any other English law book. Their influence is difficult to overstate, and extends into the twenty-first century. Almost as momentous was Blackstone’s influence on legal education. While gradual, the transfer of legal education from the law office and the courts to the university, which Blackstone pioneered, had an enormous impact on legal development, as law professors contributed to the formation of generations of lawyers and themselves came to play a significant role in legal development.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Thomas J. McSweeney
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Early History ◽  
First Century ◽  
Central Question ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law

A central question in the early history of the common law is how much influence Roman and canon law exerted over the common law in its first century. The debates over Roman- and canon-law influence have largely stalled, however. This chapter introduces a new way forward in those debates. Most scholars who have looked for Roman- and canon-law influence on the common law have looked for similarities in particular rules and have argued that common lawyers adopted those rules from Roman or canon law. Priests of the Law argues that we are more likely to find borrowings in the context of more fundamental questions. The early thirteenth century was a time before the common law was the common law. There was debate over its nature and who should control it. In their attempts to answer these questions, the authors of Bracton turned to Roman and canon law.

The Origin and Early History of the Writs of Entry

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-556
Author(s):  
Joseph Biancalana
Keyword(s):  
Distinctive Feature ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Early History ◽  
First Century ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Creation

The writs of entry are of interest chiefly because they offer an example of how, in the first century of its history, the common law grew by the creation of new writs. The first writs of entry were among the earliest writs to be invented after the legal reforms of Henry II. Further writs of entry were created after 1217. The distinctive feature of a writ of entry was that it challenged what plaintiff thought was the basis of defendant's claim to the land in dispute. A writ of entry alleged that defendant “had no entry” into the land other than by a transaction or taking that did not authorize him to hold the land.

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