{"product_id":"9781616190712","title":"Statutes And Their Interpretation In The First Half Of The Fourteenth Century","description":"An important book by a preeminent scholar of English legal history\u003cp\u003eUsing evidence drawn from the Year Books from 20 Edw. I to 20 Edw. III Plucknett analyzes the nature of early statutes as seen in the rules for their construction and their use in court. He shows that the early statutes were more legislative than declaratory, and were treated as such by the courts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an essay of absorbing interest and of great value to historians of the law. Every page shows not only immense industry, but sound learning.\" --Law Quarterly Review 39:138-139\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodore F. T. Plucknett [1897-1965] was a Fellow of the British Academy, Professor of Legal History in the University of London and author of A Concise History of the Common Law (1929).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Preface by H.D. Hazeltine\u003cbr\u003eAuthor's Preface\u003cbr\u003eTable of Statutes\u003cbr\u003eTable of Year Book Cases\u003cbr\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003eList of Incipits\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. The Problem and the Evidence\u003cbr\u003ePART I. Legislation and Legal thought in the Early Fourteenth Century\u003cbr\u003eThe Scope of the Discussion\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. I. Origins and Early Forms of Written Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. II. Text and Translation\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. III. The Legislature and its Place\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. IV. Statutes and the Common Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. V. Statutes and Ordinances\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VI. Legal Thought\u003cbr\u003ePART II. Examples of Interpretation\u003cbr\u003eArrangement and Grouping\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. I. General Words and Literal Construction\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. II. The Intention of the Legislature\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. III. \"Exceptions out of the Statute\"\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. IV. Refusal of the Courts to Apply Statutes\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. V. Extension of the Words of a Statute\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VI. Strict Interpretation\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VII. Conflict of Statutes\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VIII. Ignorance of Statutes among Contemporary Lawyers\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. IX. The Retrospective Effect of Statutes\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. X.Judicial Discretion\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XI.Statutes and the Common Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XII.Statutes and the Royal Prerogative\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XIII.Statutory Writs\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XIV.The Interpretation of Particular Statutes\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX I. Texts of Statutes\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX II. Select Cases\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Lawbook Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041846837488,"sku":"9781616190712","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616190712_p0.jpg?v=1763850371","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616190712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}