{"product_id":"a-history-of-english-assizes-1558-1714-paperback-9780521076746","title":"A History of English Assizes 1558–1714 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521076746","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of English Assizes 1558–1714\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is primarily an account of the most familiar and longest lived of English courts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. S. Cockburn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521076746, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 September 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is primarily an account of the most familiar and longest lived of English courts during the most critical as well as the most influential period of its history. It describes all aspects of the court's work, personnel, jurisdiction, and constitutional position, throws incidental light on the nature of local administration and government, and examines the thesis that the function of assizes was governmental – as a main channel of communication between central government and provincial authority – as well as being judicial.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Streams of Paradise: 1. The medieval roots\u003cbr\u003e 2. The English circuits 1558–1714\u003cbr\u003e 3. Preparation for the circuits\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Assizes and Gaol Delivery: 4. Preliminary proceedings\u003cbr\u003e 5. The clerk of assize and his staff\u003cbr\u003e 6. Criminal proceedings\u003cbr\u003e 7. Nisi Arius\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Planets of the Kingdom: 8. Assizes and local government\u003cbr\u003e 9. Assizes and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909146108184,"sku":"9780521076746","price":40.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521076746i.jpg?v=1694969250","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-english-assizes-1558-1714-paperback-9780521076746","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}