Synopses & Reviews
Focusing on one text, Prerogativa Regis, this book examines legal education at the Inns of Court in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century through surviving lecture notes. It demonstrates the ways in which the law developed from generation to generation; the points of contention within and between generations, and the ways in which the general knowledge of the legal profession was utilized and refined. It also considers whether the lawyers' treatment of this charged topic was affected by political pressures from outside the Inns.
Synopsis
McGlynn examines legal education at the Inns of Court in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century. By focusing on Prerogativa Regis, she shows how the law was developed, the points of contention within and between generations, and how the general knowledge of the legal profession was utilized and refined.
Synopsis
Margaret McGlynn examines legal education at the Inns of Court in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. The early readings; 2. Expansion and debate: Thomas Frowyk and Robert Constable; 3. Frowyk and Constable on Primer Seisin; 4. Spelman, Yorke and the campaign against uses; 5. The Edwardian readers and beyond; Conclusion; Appendices: Thomas Frowyk's Reading on Prerogativa Regis, cc. 1-3; John Spelman's Reading on Prerogativa Regis, cc. 1-3.