Royal Prerogative and the Learning of the Inns of Court

Between the mid-fifteenth and mid-sixteenth century Prerogativa Regis, a central text of fiscal feudalism, was introduced into the curriculum of the Inns of Court, developed, and then abandoned. This book argues that while lawyers often turned their attention to the text when political and financial issues brought it to the fore, they sought to maintain an intellectual consistency and coherence in the law. Discussions of both substance and procedure demonstrate how readers reflected the concerns of their time in the topics they chose to consider and how they drew on the learning of both their predecessors and their peers at the Inns. The first study based primarily on readings, this book threw light on legal education, early Tudor financial and administrative procedure, and the relationship between the ways that law was made, taught and used.

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, Wales / Cymru