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ArmorieDelamirie
Armorie v. Delamirie (1722) K.B., 1 Strange 505, 93 ER 664 Alex Feerst Carol DeMartino The Opinion Before Pratt, C.J. at nisi prius. The plaintiff, being a chim...
DoigesCase
Doige's Case Context Doige #8217;s case (also known as Shipton v. Dog, or Shipton v. Dogge) arose during a period of extension of trespass on the case for nonfeas...
JailersLiability
Jailers' Liability Casey Quinn In Southcote's Case, 4 Co. Rep. 83b, the King's Bench cited a rule that jailers are held liable for prison breach even in cases of ...
LanevCotton
Lane v. Cotton What is the context and contemporary significance of Lane v. Cotton, 1 Ld. Raym 546 (1701)? Why is it relevant to the law of Internet infrastructu...
LopusChandler
Introduction The legacy of Chandelor v. Lopus demonstrates evolving notions of warranty and contract legal theory under the English Common Law. Specifically, t...
MitchellAllestry
Mitchell v. Allestry This case, materials collected at B M 572, was seen in the 18th and 19th centuries as inventing what American lawyers took Lemuel Shaw to h...
OriginCertiorari
Origin of the Writ of Certiorari Meaning of the Term Certiorari ("to be searched") is the present passive infinitive of Latin certiorare, ("to search"). Functio...
OriginPeremptories
Origins of the Peremptory Challenge Here is a message from a colleague: My name is . I'm student from Law Faculty, in Poland. I write in the hope that You can ...
PerjuriousWager
Professor Moglen, would it be possible to give me ideas/feedback on what I've got here? Perjurious Wager What happens if a plaintiff complains to the church cou...
QuoMinus
Quo Minus Why in 1588 might counsel prefer to bring an action of quominus than to use the ordinary mechanisms of debt collection in the Common Pleas or Queen's Be...
RefugeeProperty
Political Refugees' Property How did political refugees protect their property during the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth? The core of the answer to this question i...
SouthcotesCase
Attached a case (Drake v. Royman) that needs translation; overall still a work in progress. LuisVilla Southcote's Case Why Southcote's Case, 4 Co. Rep. 83b; Cr...
StatsEdwII
Statutes Royal Ordinances, Edward II This is a work in progress Edward II Brief History: Reign 1307 #8211; 1327 Married Isabella, from the French Royal Family...
StatuteLaborers
Labor Policy after 1348 and Theory of Contract How did the Statute of Laborers of 1351 contribute to the development of assumpsit as a replacement for covenant an...
WagerSales
Wager of Law in Cases of Sales
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TheOriginOfTheWritOfCertiorari
Main.KyuYoungLee 25 Jan 2009 THE ORIGIN OF THE WRIT OF CERTIORARI Introduction The writ of certiorari is one of the legal procedures involving the proceedings bet...
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VestedAndContingentRemainders
Is there much difference between the interest of an heir apparent in an estate in fee tail and a remainderman? They seem to me to be pretty much the same thing, e...
Assizes
Assizes Courts sitting regionally, on circuit. Can try felonies, but hence are always required to have one of the 10 (later 12) judges of King's Bench , Comm...
MagnaCarta
Magna Carta 1215 Includes, among other things, essentially jurisdictional rules saying that jurisdiction can't move from the courts of the nobles to the Common ...
DomesdayBook
Maitland's commentary is good source; available at Google Books. This is the last land registration in England until 1874.
Bracton
Common name of De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae ("The Laws and Customs of England"), the first significant English legal text. The text (in Latin, with an En...
ClassNotes
Class Notes This topic is a container for notes of our class meetings. * Placeholder for first class's notes page
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