Mediation and arbitration in the Middle ages
Subtitle: England, 1154-1558
By: Derek Roebuck
Publisher: Holo Books, The Arbitration Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780954405632
Subjects: Arbitration and award; History; Dispute resolution (Law)
Description: "This is the story of how disputes of all kinds were managed in England between AD1154 when the first signs of what was to become the Common Law appeared at the start of Henry II's reign, and 1558, when the reign of Elizabeth I started a new period in the development of the English legal system. A wealth of primary sources provide material for a detailed and revealing picture of how disputes were managed and resolved in practice"--Unedited summary from book jacket.
Notes: "Sponsored by Arthur Marriott QC, 12 Gray's Inn Square."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The setting --; title: The legal system --; title: The primacy of mediation --; title: Arbitration in practice --; title: All manner of dispute --; title: Crime, status and chivalry --; title: Land and inheritance --; title: King, parliament and council --; title: Great lords and their councils --; title: Cities and boroughs --; title: Oxford : a special jurisdiction --; title: Guilds --; title: Jewish communities --; title: Women --; title: The church --; title: How to do it : manipulation of the means --; title: How not to do it : "best to reconcile" --; title: The law ---- Conclusions.