tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post8248518393136848004..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Our legal heritage - No.2 - The formative periodObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-51912026619510001942018-02-09T07:34:17.302+00:002018-02-09T07:34:17.302+00:00Hi there everyone, it's my first pay a visit a...Hi there everyone, it's my first pay a visit at this <br />web site, and article is genuinely fruitful for me, keep up posting these types of content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-41997829528410418792011-04-12T03:07:37.439+01:002011-04-12T03:07:37.439+01:00On a much less intellectual level- thanks for this...On a much less intellectual level- thanks for this series. As a law student it's fascinating to read about the origins of our legal system. I'll be reading the next parts.Lloyd Jenkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-68903419894618374802011-04-11T19:03:22.550+01:002011-04-11T19:03:22.550+01:00Thank you for this excellent comment.
Yes, there ...Thank you for this excellent comment.<br /><br />Yes, there are many archaeological survivals from way back in history and these certainly indicate that they were put there by an organised people who must have had their own "rules." I am sure that some of those would have influenced the law prior to 1066. There was also the "Danelaw" area etc. <br /><br />After 1066 there does not appear to have been a major imposition of new law. Much carried on as before for many many decades. Of course, the Normans built their castles and carved up the land into the various fiefdoms - process of subinfeudation.<br /><br />The Normans and Plantagenets developed that strong central authority which led to the "Royal" courts etc.<br /><br />The aim of my posts is to give a fairly general overview. There are numerous twists and turns which could take in this labyrinthe. However, I find that these days few even seem to know the essential line of development. It is rarely taught in modern legal training.<br /><br />Hope to follow up with further in a few weeks time - perhaps after the Easter period.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-10144078571247625062011-04-11T14:14:30.158+01:002011-04-11T14:14:30.158+01:00I had meant to post an initial comment on the firs...I had meant to post an initial comment on the first of this series; here are some comments on OLH #1 and #2:<br /><br />As agricultural historians have traced Roman and British survivals in the modern landscape (eg: field systems, water management schemes), it could be said that these represent Roman and Celtic law in some way, land and law being inevitably linked.<br /><br />"Anglo-Saxon" laws should really be called "English" laws - particularly because of the increasing Scandinavian influence in England in the "Anglo-Saxon" period (this also allows the recognition of the echo of Roman and Celtic laws mentioned above and the religious laws), not least because that Scandinavian influence gave English the word "law". <br /><br />The idea that there was a very great rift with the past at the Norman Conquest is wrong - it's possible to see the continuities and the changes occurring simultaneously - but it did allow England to develop the legal foundations you refer to much earlier and in a more sophisticated way than would have been the case if the country had remained an Anglo-Scandinavian, geographically marginal, state.<br /><br />As you outline in OLH #2, the early period was followed by one that really laid the foundations for what we think of as "our" Law. Beyond the familiar political history, the history of the Law itself, its courts and users, lawyers and litigants is of especial - I would say essential - interest to anybody who cares about "The Law" in general and English Law in particular; some preparation is needed before studying it properly and beneficially but it isn't "difficult" - nor is it a "Mystery".Westenglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044799705613669714noreply@blogger.com