Elizabethan literature and the law of fraudulent conveyance
Subtitle: Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare
By: Charles Ross.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Co.; Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Knowledge -- Law.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Knowledge -- Law.; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Law in literature.; Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Law and literature -- History -- 16th century.; Law and literature -- History -- 17th century.; Fraudulent conveyances -- Great Britain.
Description: "This book investigates the origins, impact, and outcome of the Elizabethan obsession with fraudulent conveyancing, the part of debtor-creditor law that determines when a court can void a transfer of assets. Focusing on the years between the passage of a key statute in 1571 and the court case that clarified the statute in 1601, Charles Ross convincingly argues that what might seem a minor matter in the law was in fact part of a widespread cultural practice. Debt was more pervasive than sex, at least in the English Common Law."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.