Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Texts of the ius commune; General References; Records in Diocesan Archives; Table of Citations to the Roman and Canon Laws; Roman Law; Canon Law; Part I The Profession Described; Introduction; 1 The Law of the Legal Profession: Advocates and Proctors; The Renaissance in Law; Medieval Juristic Literature; Developments in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; Qualifications Necessary for Entry; Distinctions between Kinds of Legal Representative
Exclusion of Proctors from Criminal CausesThe Contents and Wording of Mandates of Procuration; Open Questions and Omissions in the Texts; Educational Requirements; Ethical Standards and Professional Conduct; Regulation of Fees and the Size of the Profession; Effects on Lawyers in Court Practice; Conclusion; 2 The Education of Ecclesiastical Lawyers; The Education of Advocates; Law Lectures and Associated Sources of Learning; The Two Laws; The Education of Proctors; University Education; Preparation for Practice: Learning Court Procedure; Preparations for Practice: Drafting Documents
Preparation for Practice: the Learned Laws3 Ecclesiastical Lawyers and the Protestant Reformation; Ecclesiastical Lawyers in Years of Religious Change; The Reign of Henry VIII; The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary; The Reign of Elizabeth; Interpreting the Evidence; 4 English Ecclesiastical Lawyers before the Civil War; Aggression from Without; Initiatives and Innovations of the Ecclesiastical Lawyers; Levels of Court Activity; The Scope of Instance Litigation; Alimony Awards; Augmentation of Tithes Owed to Vicars; Jactitation; Faculty Jurisdiction and Pews; The Duplex Querela
The Scope of Ex Officio JurisdictionConclusion; Part II The Profession Illustrated; 5 Roger of Worcester (d. 1179); Roger's Life and Career; Roger as a Papal Judge Delegate; Roger and Decretal Collections; 6 Gilbert Foliot (d. 1187); Life and Career; Foliot and the Church's Law; Conclusion; 7 William of Drogheda (d. 1245); William of Drogheda's Reputation; The Summa Aurea; Its Use of Roman Law; Its Procedural Focus; Its Prolixity; Its Scholasticism; Its Practicality; 8 John de Burgh (d. 1398); Burgh's Life and Career; The Place of the Pupilla Oculi in the Literature of the Ius Commune
The Contents of the Pupilla OculiConclusion; 9 Adam Usk (d. 1430); Adam's Life and Career; Adam as a Lawyer; Conclusion; 10 Richard Rudhale (d. 1476); Rudhale's Life and Career; Rudhale's Law Books; 11 Daniel Dun (d. 1617); Dun's Life and Career; Preservation of the Law of the Church; Improvements in the Ecclesiastical Courts; Independence of the Ecclesiastical Courts; 12 Clement Colmore (d. 1619); Colmore's Life and Career; Colmore's Notebook; Colmore's Interests and Concerns; 13 Arthur Duck (d. 1648); Duck's Life and Career; Duck's Great Work; 14 William Somner (d. 1669)
Summary
Exploration of manuscript records and civil law sources to provide a fuller account of the history of the legal profession in England
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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