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Book SynopsisThis is an examination of how medieval people at all social levels thought about law, justice and politics, as well as their role in society. The author provides a history of judicial developments in the 13th and 14th centuries and considers the intellectual history in the period.
Table of ContentsPreface
List of abbreviations
Part One: Introduction: towards a psychology of law
1. The role of ideology
2. The contexts of law
3. Law in the mind
Part Two: The professionalism of law
4. The intellectualising of the law
5. Towards an identity as a profession
6. Practitoners and ethical considerations
7. Judges and lawyers in society
8. Centre and periphery
9. Perceptions of the legal profession
Part Three: Pragmatic legal knowledge
10. Family and household
11. Communal obligations
12. Court attendance
13. Church attendance
14. Experience of office-holding
15. Book learning and literacy
Part Four: Participation in the royal courts
16. Availability
17. Actionability
18. Accountability
19. Accessibility
Part five: The role of Parliament
20. The high court of Parliament
21. The legal personnel of Parliament
22. The regulation of everyday life
Part Six: Conclusion: the politicisation of law
23. Seeing and hearing the law: the king's role in justice
24. Seeing and hearing the law: royal propaganda
25. Legitimacy through the law
26. The world turned upside down
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Index
