The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland: Volume 2

Originally published in 1911, this book forms one of three volumes of the collected papers of legal historian Frederic William Maitland.

Frederic William Maitland (Author), H.A.L. Fisher (Edited by)

9781107631618, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 October 2013

504 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.64 kg

Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906) was a pioneering English legal historian. Originally published in 1911, this book forms one of three volumes of Maitland's collected papers. Taken together the texts cover a broad range of areas, with some philosophical and biographical subject matter, but for the most part they relate to the spheres of legal and social history. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in legal history and Maitland's contribution to it.

1. The materials for English legal history
2. Possession for year and day
3. The introduction of English law into Ireland
4. The surnames of English villages
5. Northumbrian tenures
6. The history of the register of original writs
7. Remainders after conditional fees
8. The 'praerogativa regis'
9. A conveyancer in the thirteenth century
10. A new point on villein tenure
11. Frankalmoign in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
12. Review of 'The Gild Merchant'
13. Henry II and the criminous clerks
14. Tenures in Rousillon and Namur
15. Glanvill revised
16. The peace of God and the land-peace
17. History from the charter roll
18. The survival of archaic communities
19. The history of a Cambridgeshire manor
20. The origin of uses
21. Outlines of English legal history, 560–1600.

Subject Areas: Legal history [LAZ]