Monuments of Endlesse Labours

An account of the evolution of a distinct tradition and literature of English canon law. The study and teaching began in England in the 12th century, and during the 13th a profession of practising canonists arose. Their expertise was not confined to ecclesiastical matters in a narrow sense, but extended into such important fields as marriage and probate. Taking the work of individual canonists in turn, from William Paull and William Bateman in the 14th century to Stephen Lushington and Sir Robert Phillimore in the 19th, Baker assesses the various contributions to this national tradition made by original thinkers, writers, compilers, editors and judges. The survival for so long of a distinct legal system parallel to the common law, which nevertheless touched in so many vital respects the lives of everyone in England, makes the story of English ecclesiastical law an essential part of English legal history.

ISBN 1852851678   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9781852851675 (What's this?)   Pages 224 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC   Volumes 1 Imprint Hambledon Continuum   Weight (grammes) 367 Format Hardback   Published in London Publication date 01 Jul 1997   Height (mm) 218 Non-book description xx, 188 p. :   Width (mm) 146 Library of Congress 97045674   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 262.90942   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Illustrations
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
		Abbreviations
		Table of Statutes
		Table of Provincial Legislation
		Tables of Cases
1		The Beginnings of an English Canon Law Tradition		1
2		William Paull		9
3		William Bateman		17
4		John Ayton		29
5		William Lyndwood		43
6		Henry Swinburne		57
7		Francis Clarke		71
8		John Godolphin		77
9		John Ayliffe		87
10		Thomas Oughton		89
11		Edmund Gibson		95
12		David Wilkins		109
13		Richard Burn		115
14		Stephen Lushington		125
15		Sir Robert Phillimore		147
16		The Eclipse of Doctors' Commons		165
		Index		173

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