STATUTES AND THEIR INTERPRETATION IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

Plucknett, Theodore F.T.

Item #: 12979
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2004.

Subjects: LEGAL HISTORY, UNITED KINGDOM

An important book by a preeminent scholar of English legalhistory. Using evidence drawn from the Year Books from 20Edw. I to 20 Edw. III, Plucknett analyzes the nature ofearly statutes as seen in the rules for their constructionand their use in court. He shows that the early statuteswere more legislative than declaratory, and were treated assuch by the courts. "This is an essay of absorbing interestand of great value to historians of the law. Every pageshows not only immense industry, but sound learning.":Law Quarterly Review 39:138-139 cited in Marke, A Catalogueof the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 143.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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