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How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law

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“A praiseworthy and original investigation of a subject that straddled the line between secular and spiritual: the early history of the English common law of advowsons.”—R. H. Helmholz, University of Chicago Law School

“It has been a great pleasure to watch what began as a tentative, but intriguing, doctoral dissertation turn through a series of articles on seemingly small points into the small masterpiece that is this book.”—Charles Donahue Jr., Harvard Law School

Power and Justice in Medieval England The Law of

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 14 June 2022
      ISBN-13 9780300163834
      978-0300163834
      ISBN-10 0300163835
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      History Law Common law Property law: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law

      Trade Review
      “A praiseworthy and original investigation of a subject that straddled the line between secular and spiritual: the early history of the English common law of advowsons.”—R. H. Helmholz, University of Chicago Law School

      “It has been a great pleasure to watch what began as a tentative, but intriguing, doctoral dissertation turn through a series of articles on seemingly small points into the small masterpiece that is this book.”—Charles Donahue Jr., Harvard Law School

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