Royal Prerogative and the Learning of the Inns of Court

Margaret McGlynn examines legal education at the Inns of Court in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century.

List 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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret McGlynn, Margaret (Wellesley College Mcglynn, McGlynn Margaret
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521187695
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18769-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Cambridge Studies in English L; Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, European History, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general