The Legal Framework Of English Feudalism: The Maitland Lectures Given In 1972 (cambridge Studies In English Legal History)

Professor Milsom works out a fresh view of the beginnings of the common law concerning land. The received picture depends upon progressive assumptions: key words began with their later meanings; the law began with abstract ideas of property; a tenant's title to his tenement was never subject to his lord's control; the lord had no discretion, only the power to decide disputes according to external criteria; jurisdiction in that sense was all the lord lost as royal remedies developed; and all the tenant gained was better protection of unaltered rights. It is a picture of procedural changes taking place against an unchanging background, with the feudal structure at the beginning almost as insubstantial as it was to be at the end. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 List of abbreviations and modes of citation......Page 10 1 - Disciplinary jurisdiction......Page 14 2 - Proprietary ideas......Page 49 3 - Proprietary jurisdiction......Page 78 4 - Grants......Page 116 5 - Inheritance......Page 167 Index......Page 200 Disciplinary Jurisdiction -- Proprietary Ideas -- Proprietary Jurisdiction -- Grants -- Inheritance. S.f.c. Milsom. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.