The king's bench : bailiwick magistrates and local governance in Normandy, 1670-1740 /: bailiwick magistrates and local governance in Normandy, 1670-1740. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zoë A. Schneider.
• Other Names: Schneider, Zoë A, 1961-
• Contents: Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Rex and Lex: The Problem of Legislative Sovereignty; 2 Howling with the Wolves: The Normans and Their Courts; 3 Officers and Gentlemen: The Local Judiciary; 4 Law and Lawyers in the "Empire of Custom"; 5 The Red Robe and the Black: Common Courts and the State; 6 Villagers and Townspeople: Civil Litigants; 7 Uncivil Acts: Crime and Punishment; 8 Unruly Governors: Functions and Dysfunctions of the Common Courts; APPENDIX A: Courts of the Généralité of Rouen; APPENDIX B: Jurisdictions of the Ordinary Courts.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 326 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 347.44/201; Courts -- France -- Normandy -- History; Justice, Administration of -- France -- History; Tribunaux -- France -- Normandie -- Histoire; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch; LAW -- Legal Services; LAW -- Civil Procedure; HISTORY -- Modern -- General; Courts; Justice, Administration of; Politics and government; Gerichtsbarkeit; Grundherrschaft; König; Normandy (France) -- Politics and government -- History; France; France -- Normandy; Frankreich; Normandie; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467445
• Related ISBNs: 158046744X; 9781580462921; 1580462928
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-314) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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