Council and Courts in Anglo-Norman England
- 2004
2004. LBE reprint of the 1926 ed.. LBE reprint of the 1926 ed. Adams, George Burton. Council and Courts in Anglo-Norman England. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. xxv, 403 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774495; ISBN-10: 1584774495. Hardcover. New. $45. * Reprint of a title from the Yale Historical Publication Studies. The judicial system constructed by the Normans after 1066 rested on a broad foundation of Anglo-Saxon institutions. Adams traces the evolution of this construction with an emphasis on the ways Anglo-Saxon and Norman practices influenced one another. He proceeds to demonstrate how the resulting judicial hybrid contributed to the development of the English constitution.