{"product_id":"de-legibus-et-consuetudinibus-angliae-libri-quinque-in-varios-tractatus-distincti-paperback-9781108051682","title":"De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae; Libri Quinque in Varios Tractatus Distincti (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108051682","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDe Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLibri Quinque in Varios Tractatus Distincti\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis six-volume edition and translation of the important thirteenth-century legal treatise known as Bracton was published between 1878 and 1883.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenry de Bracton (Author), Travers Twiss (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108051682, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e798 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.5 cm, 1.15 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\"\u003eThe thirteenth-century Latin legal treatise best known as Bracton is now thought to be the work of several hands, and Henry de Bracton (d.1268) to have been only the last of these. Work began on it in the 1230s and largely ceased in the early 1250s, but the treatise - an ambitious survey of English law - was never finished. Between 1878 and 1883, the scholar and jurist Sir Travers Twiss (1809–97) edited and published this work in six volumes for the Rolls Series. His text was mainly based on the first printed edition of 1569. Although he provided the first English translation of Bracton, Twiss's work has been criticised and since superseded. Volume 4 contains the second part of Book 4. It covers the assizes of darrein presentment, mort d'ancestor and utrum, and related actions and litigation about dower.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Table of the contents of chapters\u003cbr\u003e Of an assise of last presentation, Book IV - Treatise II\u003cbr\u003e Of an assise of mortdancester, Book IV - Treatise III\u003cbr\u003e Of a writ of cosinage, Book IV - Treatise IV\u003cbr\u003e Of an assise of utrum, Book IV - Treatise V\u003cbr\u003e Of an action for dower, Book IV - Treatise VI\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\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":46266097041688,"sku":"9781108051682","price":58.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108051682i_33c66d26-ff5a-466e-9dd4-046414c022d1.jpg?v=1696747063","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/de-legibus-et-consuetudinibus-angliae-libri-quinque-in-varios-tractatus-distincti-paperback-9781108051682","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}