Bracton's note book : a collection of cases decided in the King's courts during the reign of Henry the Third

Author(s)

• Bracton, Henry de, d. 1268
• Maitland, Frederic William

Bibliographic Information

Bracton's note book : a collection of cases decided in the King's courts during the reign of Henry the Third

edited by Frederic William Maitland

（Cambridge library collection）

Cambridge University Press, 2010

Digitally printed ver

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

Note

Vol. 1. Apparatus -- Vol. 2-3. Text

Text in Latin

Originally published: London : C.J. Clay, 1887

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9781108010290

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 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.

Table of Contents

• 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

v. 2 ISBN 9781108010306

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 law cases 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 2 contains the texts of Pleas in the Bench from 1218 to 1234.

Table of Contents

• Pleas in the Bench
• Appendix.

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9781108010801

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 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 3 contains the texts of Pleas in the Bench and before the King from 1224 to 1240.

Table of Contents

• Pleas in the Bench
• Pleas before the King
• Pleas in the Bench
• Pleas from the Eyres
• Appendix.

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Details

• NCID: BB03947454
• ISBN:
  • 9781108010290
  • 9781108010306
  • 9781108010801
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: englat
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 22 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Law reports, digests, etc. -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB00083053