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Das Profil Des Juristen In Der Europiiischen Tradition, William Hamilton Bryson
Das Profil Des Juristen In Der Europiiischen Tradition, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
A book review on, Das Profil des Juristen in der europiiischen Tradition, by Klaus Luig and Detlef Liebs, eds.,
The Court Of Exchequer Comes Of Age, William Hamilton Bryson
The Court Of Exchequer Comes Of Age, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
The Exchequer was well established as a court of law in the thirteenth century. For the next three hundred years, the Exchequer court seems to have carried out its duties without much change in function or status. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the judicial business of the Exchequer amounted to about 200 cases per year as compared with about 2500 in the court of King's Bench and 10,000 in the Common Pleas. However, during the middle period of the reign of Henry VIII, the first signs of growth since the thirteenth century appeared. This expansion of the court …