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The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.

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The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.

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The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.

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The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.

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Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.

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N340.55/5

Record Identifier

74VM0JwGADyl

MMS ID

991001698849702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xvii, 607 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

The foundation : the Roman legal profession -- Law without lawyers : the early Middle Ages -- The legal revival of the twelfth century -- Church courts, civil procedure, and the professionalization of law -- Pre-professional lawyers in twelfth-century church courts -- The formation of an educated el...

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Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.

Place of Publication

Illinois

Date Published

c2008.

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Summary

"In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared in western Europe seven hundred years later during the 1230s when church councils and public authorities began to impose a body of ethical obligations on t...

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The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.

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General note

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-578) and indexes.

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Date Copyright

c2008.

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Call Numbers

N340.55/5

Record Identifier

74VM0JwGADyl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0JwGADyl

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ISBN

9780226077598 (cloth : alk. paper)

0226077594 (cloth : alk. paper)

DDC

340.55

MMS ID

991001698849702626

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