Oxford Studies in Social and Legal History, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Oxford Studies in Social and Legal History, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oxford Studies in Social and Legal History, Vol. 4 Been studied by Mr. Barbour. A vast quantity of material was available for that study. Some docu ments bearing on the subject had seen the light in the specimens of petitions and disclaimers published by the editors of the Chancery Calendars and by Mr. Bail don. But most of the innumerable membranes and papers concerned with these disputes are still lying unstudied and unsifted at the Public Record Office. The early Chancery proceedings for the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, henryvi, Edward IV, and Richard III number considerably more than 1 pieces. It is to be hoped that steps may be taken to classify and to calendar this mass of information, but students can hardly be expected to wait until the necessary funds are forthcoming, and the calendaring has been carried out in a scholarly way by the overworked staff of the Record Office or by competent volunteers. Mr. Barbour has had the courage to plunge boldly into the midst of this enormous heap of documents, and to collect Observa tions from a sufficient number of instances to frame conclusions as to the average methods of Chancery in trying contract uses. The results seem to me to have amply justified his undertaking. The subject may be approached from two distinct points of view. It may be examined as a matter-of-fact treatment of the rights and duties of parties to contractual trans actions, and there can be no doubt that it is important to ascertain exactly in what particular cases the Chan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.