Custom, Courts, and Counsel: Selected Papers of the 6th British Legal History Conference, Norwich 1983

Chapter 1 Ecclesiastical Sanctuary in Thirteenth-Century Welsh Law, Huw Pryce; Chapter 2 Some Problems of the Evidence of Fourteenth Century Approvers, Jens Rörkasten; Chapter 3 The Admissibility of Defence Counsel in English Criminal Procedure, J.B. Post; Chapter 4 Mesne Process in Penal Actions at the Elizabethan Exchequer, D.R. Lidington; Chapter 5 Whose Prerogative in Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century England?, Victor Morgan; Chapter 6 Judicial Review in the House of Lords (1640–43), J.S. HARTJr.; Chapter 7 Criminal Equity in Restoration London and Middlesex, Valerie C. Edwards; Chapter 8 The Norwich Court of Requests — A Tradition Continued, Michele Slatter; Chapter 9 Brougham as a Barrister: Courtroom Dilemmas of a Notorious Radical, T.H. Ford; Chapter 10 ‘Without the Law’: Courts of Local and Special Jurisdiction in Nineteenth Century England, H.W. Arthurs;

Albert Kiralfy, Michele Slatter, Roger Virgoe

This collection emphasizes the history of courts and their procedures, but also illustrate the varied approaches and themes of legal history today.